based on Hsinhua reports
165% liore than 7,000 people gathered at the Great Hall of the people in Peking on July 14th to welcome the visiting women's Gelegations from Asia, Africa and Latin America. A thundering, Stand ing ovation swept the great hall for several moments when women's leaders from Bragil, Comoro, Indonosia, Mozambique, Nepal, South Vietmam, Venezucla and Zanzibar mounted the platforo with leaders of the National Women's Federation of China.
In her speech, the Chinese vico=president of the National Women's Federation doclarcd that the paople of Chim would always — be the most relinblo fricnds of their sisters and brothers in Asia, Africa, and Latin Anorica, who were fighting heroically igainst ing 6érianlism and coloninlinn to snfaguard nationnl independence. She said: "We are decply concernal about your struggle, we know that your struggle and victory arc also ours,"
The Indonesian delagnte pointed out thst experience showed that: "Lhe struggle for women's amnecipntion and family happiness cannot be separntod from the struggle for national indepondenco,. So long as Imperialism cxists in the world, the pooples of tho world cannot enjoy hippinuss." The Mozanbique dologate praised tho Chinese people bacause:"In your victory you have not forgotten nor closed your ears to the crius of those who are still struggling for their notional indpandence. You hnve always condenoned the twin enefiies of pence: Inperinlisa and coloninliso." She cond nd the Portuguese coloninlists for the vriaes they had conmitted in Mozambique, The Nepalese delegate pointed out that there was great friendship botwcen Chinn and Nopal ani that they had settlad the boundary question ina fricnily woy.
A delegate from Veneguela declared in her specch that our priaary tisk wos to struggle against Inperinlisn: "The fundanon -tal forn of struggle in Vonogugla is arnod struggle.” The poople of Venezuela, she went on, were rising to dcfend their notional s°voreigniy , and oppose U.S. Inperinolisna. "Thea conditions in our countri:es have coupolled us to fight in defence of our ~~ sover-! eign. -and the vory lifo of our people",
The Zanzibar delegate said: "I au dissatisfied ami disnayod by the Jorld Congross of Wonen held in Moscow. Whai should have been a wonderful opportunity to discuss our c9o0non PEOPLE RS bMS progfessive wonen from all over the world turned out 43 be, in ay opinion, 4 conspiracy t2 stifle any roal discussion am non-confsraist views." Cther dolegnteos, fron Bragil and clsewhera voiced théir dissatisfaction with tho Moscow Congress. The Indonesian delegate said: “Imporinlism honded by the U.S.A. will not disarn voluntarily, we must be brave ami always encvurnge and assist those who fight aginst coloninlisa, foulinlisa, and inperinlisa.™
The delegate from Brazil said: "Brazil is an underdeveloped state under the oppression of foreign trusts and enslavement by U,5, economic polioy Now we have before us the People's Republic of China as a lesson and an example. eeeThe poverty-stricken and hungry peasants are ondeavouring to rid thomselves of their shackles and take the road of national liberation,"