 This change in tactic led to protests by Portuguese settlers against the Lisbon government , a telltale sign of the conflict 's unpopularity . Combined with the news of the Wiriyamu massacre and that of renewed FRELIMO onslaughts through 1973 and early 1974 , the worsening situation in Mozambique later contributed to the downfall of the Portuguese government in 1974 . A Portuguese journalist argued : 
 This change in tactic led to protests by Portuguese settlers against the Lisbon government , a telltale sign of the conflict <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>unpopularity . Combined with the news of the Wiriyamu massacre and that of renewed FRELIMO onslaughts through 1973 and early 1974 , the worsening situation in Mozambique later contributed to the downfall of the Portuguese government in 1974 . A Portuguese journalist argued : 
Dis change in tactic led to protests by Portuguese settlers against da Lisbon government , a telltale sign of tdaconflict  unpopularity . Combined with the news of the Wiriyamu massacre and dat of renewed FRELIMO onslaughts through 1973 and early 1974 , the worsening situation in Mozambique later contributed to thdaownfall of the Portuguese government in 1974 . A Portuguese journalist argued :