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Counter-revolutionaries Give Up
from Hsinhua
HE Algerian Government an-
nounced in a communique recently that Hassani Moussa, former Minister of Postal Services and Telecommunications, who joined the counter-revolutionary forces last summer, had surrendered together with his followers. Hassani Moussa, after leaving the Government, went to North Constantine province to organ-
His crossing over to the Government is a severe blow to the remnants of reaction in Algeria. Algeria stands by Congo
from Hsinhua
LGERIAN Foreign Minister
Abdelaziz Bouteflika reaffirmed his country’s resolute support for the | Congolese liberation movement when he spoke at a banquet given by the U.N. Correspondents’ Association at the United Nations on January 2oth. “I solemnly declare that my
aid the Congolese people morally and materially in their staunch struggle for independence so that they may step up their fight and contribute their efforts towards the equipment in | “™ancipation of the African continent,” he said. “Tt is clear to us that the Congolese patriots in their struggle against the mercenaries and intervention by a big power are fighting for independence, unity, territorial integrity and national peace,” he stressed. “My country which has suffered much during the years of national struggle could not remain indifferent to the struggle of the peoples of Angola, Mozambique, the so-called | Portuguese Guinea or South Africa,” he said. “This action is inspired by the love of freedom of the Algerian people as well as by the love of freedom which men like Patrice Lumumba had tried to teach us, because all of us remain faithful to his memory. We are the victims of the plots of great | western powers which, taking advantage of the weakness of our continent, wanted to intervene militarily in the internal affairs of our continent.” He said that while being faithful
internal _ affairs of other countries, Algeria was equally faithful to the principle of self-determination of ll | African states. :