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“Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories.”
Source: PAIGC party directives, 1965 (English in Revolution in Guinea, 1969)
Context Written as internal guidance for party cadres during the armed struggle against Portuguese rule in Guinea-Bissau, on how to deal honestly with the population about the war.
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