To go rapidly and in force

On the 13^th of April, 1961, in his statement, broadcast on radio and television, Salazar is peremptory: the confrontations in the then colony escalate so much that the intervention of the metropolis is needed. Those were the first days of Colonial War. The advice of the dictator is conveyed effectively: “To go rapidly and in force is the goal that is going to test our decision ability”