Ed. Note: We have compiled a summary of the world-wide protest movement against the Stanleyville landings for the information of readerse Our list is by no means complete - there has been a partial news 'blackout' on this question - and does not include demonstrations, etce, which have already been widely reported, To save space we listed protesting organisations, etc, country by country without going into detail, except where important.
Af-hanistan: Government newspaper, Kabul Times; Africas All-African Trade Union Federation; Algeria: Government, Ben Bella said “we will send troops and arms to help'', demonstrations: Algiers (50,000), Oran(25,000), Dellys (4,000), Medea, Biskra, Touggart, Lghourt, etc., all mass organisations; Angola, emigre orgs. in Algeria, UAR and Tanzanias Basutoland: Congress Party in exile; Belgium: Congolese students (leaders were promptly expelled by Belgium Govern~ a pro=Chinese C.P.3 Furmas Government newspaper Ludu and other papers3 Cambodia: Government newspaper La Depeche du Cambodge and other papers; Central African Republic: Government; Congo (Brazzavilid:Governnent, mass demonstrations, Government par¥ leader declares: "Ye cannot eo-exist with Tshombe clique"; Costa Rica: Radio Station "Impacto", newspaper, "Libertad"; Cuba: Government calls for world united front against U.S. in aid of Congo liberation forces; Dahomey: Government; Ethiopia: Government; Esypt: Government, demonstrations against U.S. and Belgian embassies by Ezyptians and African students; Ghana: Governments Guinea: Government and all mass organisations,
Indonesias Government, all mass organisations and newspapers; Iraq: Govern= ment, all newspapers; Italy: student demonstrations in Venice, Florence, Parma, Alessandria, Foggia, Biells, Lucca, Pesaro, and other towns, mass demonstration in Rome preceded by picketin of U.S. Embassy (much police violence); Japans various mass organisations including the biggest trade unions; Kuwait: main newspaper “Akhbar el Kuwait; Kenyas Government, mass demonstrations against U.S. and Belgian embassies, Kenya dockers to boycott U.S. and Belgian ships; Malis Government, mass organisations and all newspapers; Morocco: all important newspapers, student protests and demonstrations; Mozambique: emigre organisat-= ions in Algiers, Cairo and Tanzania; Nepal: main newspapers "Naya Saya Daily" and "“Matribhumi"; Pakistans Government, all main newspapers; Rhodesias emigres (Zimbabwe African People's Union) in Cairo and Alsiers; Portuguese Guinea: emigres in Algiers and Cairo,
Somaliland: Government, 2ll mass organisations, demonstrations; South Africas emigres in Algiers, Tanzania and London representing the African National Congress and the Pan African National Congress; South West Africa: Emigre organisation in Cairo, Tanzania and Algiers representing the South West African People's Organisation and the South West African National Union; Sudan:Government which has also given permission for the Congo liberation forces to cross into Sudanese territory, demonstrations against U.S. and Belgian embassies, all newspapers and mass organisations; Tanzanias Government, demonstr-= ations against U.S. embassy, all mass organisations and newspapers; Switzerland: the newspaper "Gazette de Lausanne" described the whole effair as reminding one of the old days of gunboat diplomacy; Uganda: Government, demonstration against U.S. embassy; Zanzibar: virtually every organisation of any kind has denounced U.S. and Belgian action.
This is the by-no-means complete list; but lest anyone zloat over U.S. discomfort it must be pointed out that in many of the demonstrations slogans were carried denouncing our Government as well, All the above actions are also directed at the Labour Governnent too. By allowing the U.S. and Belgians to use Ascension Island, Labour became an accessnrybefore and after the fact in a foul crime which has cost the lives of thousands of Congolese (and probably led to death of Europesns). Do we want the whole of the third world to echo what the Omanis and Yemenis are sayings "There is no difference between Labour and Tory”