AFRICA Sensational admissions in new U.S. book

U.S. SPY CHIEFS IN THE LUMUMBA MURDER PLOT

Mobutu was "C.I.A/s right hand man"part played by the U.S.

Central Intelligence Agency in the Congo plot, which ended in the murder of Patrice Lumumba, is disclosed in a sensational book just pub­lished in America.

The book is “C.I.A.—the Inside Story,” written by An­drew Tully with help from top C.I.A. and State Department sources.

It identifies General Joseph Mo­butu, military commander of the present Central Congo Govern­ment, as a C.I.A. agent.

'The Right Man!

This was hinted at by Edward Kennedy, one of the President’s younger brothers, in a broadcast a year ago. Now Mobutu’s C.I.A. ties have been stated categorically.

Tully unfolds detail after detail of the conspiracy that sent Patrice

Lumumba, first Premier of the Congo, to his death in breakaway Katanga.

Mobutu was the C.I.A.’s ‘‘right man at the right time,” Tully asierts.

President Joseph Kasavubu of the Congo also “sat at the C.I.A. men’s feet,” and according to Tully was following C.I.A. advice when he issued his proclamation “deposing” Premier Lumumba.

A puppet named Ileo was then set up as Premier but he and Ka­savubu were no match for Lu­mumba and his popular support.

So C.I.A. man Mobutu took over as military dictator, Lumum­ba was eventually handed over to Moise Tshombe’s regime in Ka­tanga and—to murder.

'Important Role'

Andrew Tully’s comment: “Bru­tal as it was, however, there is no denying that Lumumba’s death cleared the air and contributed to an atmosphere where steps could

be taken toward the unifying of the Congo.”

He adds that “the C.I.A. had played an important role” in the Congo’s “recuperation from over- indulgence in the excess of free­dom.”

Tully’s disclosures come as Lu­mumba’s Deputy Premier, Antoine Gizenga, is in the hands of the paratroopers of the same General Mobutu, while U.S. interests be­hind the U.N. screen have achieved a considerable part of their aims.

A U.N. commission of inquiry has already named Kasavubu and Tshombe as people who cannot “escape responsibility” in the Lu­mumba case.

At the time of Lumumba’s mur­der, Allen Dulles was still head of the C.I.A. He is one of the top C.I.A. officials to whom Tully says he “owes a considerable debt of gratitude.”

O Tully’s disclosures give fur­ther emphasis to the demand: RELEASE GIZENGA, PUNISH LUMUMBA’S MURDERERS.

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I AT LONDON ANTI-APARTHEID PARTY |I • A London Letter, from Ros. Ainslie •T OIMO Kenyatta, now in Lon-

don for the Kenya Constitu­tional Conference which, it is hoped, will prepare for an African Government for Kenya, headed by Kenyatta himself, was the principal Guest of Honour at a recep­tion held by the Anti-Apart­heid Movement on Saturday February 24 at ^Africa Unity House (the ‘home’ of the

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Committee of African Orga­nisations, donated by the Ghana Government).

With him as Guest of Honour was Mr. Kwesi Armah, High Commis­sioner for Ghana.

Some 400 supporters of the Anti- Apartheid Movement crowded in to meet the Mzee (Swahili title of respect, meaning ‘old man’), among them streams of Kenya students who chanted ‘Uhuru na Moja’ (‘Freedom and Unity,’ KANU slogan) and sang the now famous PAFMECA freedom song.

Kenyatta was introduced to repre­sentatives of embassies—among them the UAR charge d’Affaires, the Indian First Counsellor, the Hungarian ambassador, and re­presentatives of the Moroccan and Soviet embassies—to journa­lists. British M.P.’s and other political representatives, and to old friends of the anti-apartheid struggle such as Mrs. Eslanda Robeson and Mr. Miles Malleson, the actor.

Strangely M ovingHe then moved among the guests,

talking and acknowledging their cheers and greetings, a slow, con­fident, grey-haired figure, strange­ly moving, for, no one could for­get that this was the triumphant return of a man who had spent nearly ten years in prison and exile as a victim of the colonial struggle.

Kenyatta spoke of the tide of Afri­can freedom, of the need for the youth of Africa to dedicate them­selves to the freeing of the last strongholds of imperialism and to the building of a strong, indepen­

dent United States of Africa.I spK)ke afterwards to other mem­

bers of his delegation. Oginga, Vice-President of KANU and one of Kenyatta’s most faithful sup­porters, and Achieng Onyeko, im­prisoned with him, were among them, as were many younger men who know South Africa well through having studied there. They talked with confidence of Kenya’s freedom, but assured me that they feel their most urgent task now to be to help South Africa and the other white-ruled territories of Southern Africa.

LobbyThe reception was planned to help

raise money for the Anti-Apart­heid Movement’s campaign to follow up the recent conference on ‘Southern Africa, the Unholy Alliance,’ sponsored together with the Movement for Colonial Free­dom and the Council for Freedom in Portugal and the Portuguese Colonies, with the aim of ending British support and arms supplies for the white governments of Southern Africa.

Already a lobby of the British House of Commons by some 30 or 40 anti-apartheid supporters has taken place against the pro­visions of the bill regulating Bri­tain’s future relations with South Africa. The lobby protested against the continuance of com­monwealth preferences on South African goods, and the assump­tion in the bill that South West Africa is part of the Republic, and demanded that all arms sup­plies to the Verwoerd government should cease immediately.

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Patrice Lumumba

The Plotters

Allen Dulles

Joseph KasavubuSCHOLARSHIPS

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An Interesting By- Election In Tanganyika^ H E by-election at the Baga-

moyo constituency some 45 miles from Dar es Salaam, was re-won by the TANU can­didate by an overwhelming majority over Mr. Zuberi Mtemvu, National President of the African National Con­gress whose policy is: “Africa for Africans.”

The Speaker of the House, Mr. A. Y. A. Karimjee, interrupted the business of Parliament to an­nounce this result and declared Mr. Aziz (TANU) elected.

This is the second time that Mr, Mtemvu has been so defeated in the same constituency. On both occasions he forfeited his deposit.

Commenting on this result. Members of Parliament stated that the result reflected the strong unity in Tanganyika under the leader­ship of TANU.

Results were:Mr. Waziri Dossa Aziz (TANU)

... 3,207 votes. (ANC)..... 89 votes.

Majority ________ 3.118.At the last general election held

in August 1960, voting was as follows:Mr. Waziri Dossa Aziz (TANU)

.................................. 7.498 votes.Mr. Zuberi Mtemvu (ANC)

.. ........... 67 votes.Maioritv .................. 7,431

At this rate it seems Mr. Mtem- vu’s ANC will take many years to win support.

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man of the people . . . .CHIEF A. J. LUTULI

Mr. Zuberi Mtemvu

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FATE OF BASUTOLAND REFUGEES THE BALANCE

MASERU.J^AST week the Appeal

Board of the Basutoland Entry and Residence Board heard the appeals of a number of South African refugees against the decision of the Board withdrawing their permits to reside in Basutoland.

Our picture shows, from left to right, Mrs. Maruping Sepe- repere, Mr. Seperepere, Mr. Nathan Molaoa, Mrs. Elizabeth Mafekeng, Mr. Ntloedibe, Mr. H. Masilo and Mr. J. “Anti- Pass” Khumalo in a furious argument over the proceedings with Lieut. Reiden. head of the Maseru C.I.D., who had just announced that the refugees would be ejected from Basuto­land because the Government Secretary, Mr. Hector, did not regard them as refugees but as troublemakers. The Board re­served its decision, and told the refugees they would be in­formed in due course by letter what their fate was to be.

A feature of the whole epi­sode ha.s been the policy of complete indifference adopted hv the Basutoland Congress Party leadership following the declaration of the President, Mr. Ntsu Mokhehle, that the refugees had “run away from their troubles in South Africa to sow confusion in Basuto­land and attempt to take over

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leadership from him.’’In a statement to New Age,

Dr. Arthur Letele, former Treasurer-General of the banned ANC, who is now Hy­ing in Maseru, said:

“As a Mosotho, I wish to protest in the strongest possible terms against this action of pushing out those who, for good reasons, seek political asylum in our land. It is a most regrettable act, and thorough­ly bad by international stan­dards. As many of these refu­gees have escaped from exile in various parts of the Republic, this act of ‘delivering them unto their enemies’ can mean only one thing—long terms of imprisonment and utter frustra­tion and ruin.

BOYCOTT?“Our action can boomerang

with serious repercussions. Many of these refugees are re­garded in high esteem by many progressive countries in the world, for their gallant fight against oppressive racist poli­cies which are condemned by civilised human beings the world over. By this type of action, are we not identifying ourselves with the hostile poli­cies of the op>pressors?

“In these davs of sanctions and boycotts, what will happen to the scores of Basotho na­tionals studying and residing in many friendly countries all over the world? What if our little Basutoland gets included

I in the black-listed countries I such as South Africa, Mocam- I bioue and the C.A. Federation?

“The silence of nrominent p>olitlcal parties in Basutoland on this issue, is rather disturb- mg.

After Purging of Nquku

New Lease of Life for Swazi Progressive Party

MANZINI.i’J^HERE have been important

developments in the political affairs of Swaziland since Mr. J. J. Nquku was deposed from his position as Chairman of the Swaziland Progressive Party at the Conference held at Kwalu- seni near here last week.

# The leaders of the National Convention group, which was

recently formed as a splinter body from the S.P.P., came to Dr. Ambrose Zwane, the new Chairman of S.P.P., and said that they now felt renewed confidence in the Party, and wished to work in the closest possible harmony and cooper­ation with it.The Ingwenyama. Sobhuza 11, has had informal and fruitful discussions with Dr. Zwane and Mr. Macdonald Maseko,

Last season’s League Cup run­ners-up, Aces United, got their first shock too early in the season when in a friendly fixture they were held 2—2 by the second division club. Coastals, at the Clairwood Stadium last Wednesday night.

Coastals is the only fully inte­grated side to affiliate to the South African Soccer League from South­ern Natal, and the second in South

Africa by virtue of Lincoln City having affiliated before them in the first division.

Coastals have six Europeans, four Africans, one Coloured and six In­dians registered with them.

The above picture shows Aces United skipper, Lionel Homiel (left) ifieeting Coastals captain-coach, Reg Claque, before last week’s kick-off between the two sides.

BEREA THRASH LINCOLN CITY

Maritzburg’s crack Lincoln City were thrashed to the tune of 5—2 by Durban’s “giant-killers” Berea in the opening match of the pro South African Soccer League’s R2,000 UTC League Cup competi­tion at Currie’s Fountain Stadium last week.

In a friendly curtain-raiser. Crim­son League beat Burnicy 3—1.

The main match was labelled “a grudge” as it was the same Lincoln City that beat Berea 2—1 at the close of last season.

The match opened at a fast pace and this was kept till the final whistle. At half time both the sides were level sharing a goal each.

Lincoln opened the score through a good combinational play put in by their forwards. Dennis Vertuin, their crack centre-forward dribbled his way through the Berea defence to slam the ball in. (1—0).

Berea rallied and were rewarded when in the twentieth minute their skipper centre-forward, M. M. Fred­die, ran free to even matters. (1—1).

In the twentieth minute of the second half, right-winger Royston

Matches gave Berea the lead when he headed in the ball. (2—1).

Berea scored three more goals in this half through Basil Peterson (1), Freddie (1), and Crowie (1).

In the closing stages of the game, Lincoln scored their second goal through their hard-working skipper, Chad de Lange.

Final score; Berea 5, Lincoln 2.-<s>-

£10,000 To PubliciseTranskei Plan

#CAPE TOWN.

A sum of £10,000 (R20,000) was allocated by the South African Gov­ernment for buying space in British, European and United States news­papers to publicise Dr. Verwoerd’s speech on self-government for the Transkei, according to a statement in Parliament by the Minister of Information.

the new Vice-Chairman. He has shown himself keen to work together with the S.P.P., whereas in the past there had been an almost total lack of contact between him and the Party,

In view of the tremendous sup­port and attendance that the Swazi nation has shown during the past week at the National Conference called by the Paramount Chief, this could be of vital significance for the future of the S.P.P.

SCHOLARSHIPSIn the meantime the S.P.P, has

been re-vitalised. Work is well in hand for re-establishing the educa­tional scholarships and ibursaries for young Swazis in Ghana that Mr. Nquku cancelled when the young men concerned would not vote for him against Dr. Zwane. At long last true democracy is becoming ap­parent in all Party affairs.

Mr. Nquku, who had never al­lowed elections, and who was vir­tually self-appointed when the S.P.P. was formed in 1960, had, in the last month before he was deposed, taken all secretarial and financial affairs into his own hands, and the recent meeting decided that he had been behaving in an extremely high­handed fashion.

It was resolved that Mr. Nquku no longer had any right to make any statements on bchal of the Party (he is at present in London as self- appointed representative at the Swa­ziland Constitutional talks), and that if necessary legal steps would be taken to recover any moneys or papers that he had in his possession.

There were over 600 people at the meeting, the greatest number ever to attend a conference of the Swaziland Progressive Party.

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