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The "Constitutional Conference" held in June, 1964, was complete failure because it represented one side: namely, the British Government and its puppets. So was the second conference called by the Labour Government. These conferences failed because of the determination of the people of Aden to achieve a genuine independence with no strings attached, The National Liberation Front is the representative of all national antiimperialist groupings. It is not financed and backed by external forces as claimed by the British Government, The United Arab Republic and other progressive anti-imperialist governments support the NLF because it represents the aspirations of the Aden people. Not even the reactionary Arab governments who support British policy can do so openly because of the feelings of their peoples. Imperialism always tries to find an external influence when faced with a mass uprising, The Algerian FIN, we were told during the war of liberation, was backed by external forces, ‘Je are told now that the heroic people of the South Vietnam BLF are tools of "external aggression" end now we are supposed to believe that the Aden NLF is a tool of Egypte But not even the former Chief Minister of Aden, Abdul Kanu Mackawee, who was appointed by the British Government,could condemn the NLF because the NLF is not an instrument in the hands of foreign powers but on the contrary , because he knows that the whole people of the occupied part of Southern Arabia are behind the NLF, His refusal in face of the attempts by the High Commissioner to condemn the freedom fighters led to the suspension of the Constitution and direct rule by the British authoriti2s, supported by the "security forces," The workers and the people of Aden gave a clear answer to these policies by declaring a general strike which paralysed the colony and which led to violent demonstrations. As a reprisal against this the authorities reacted barbarically: hundreds of people have been arrested end are facing charges, hundreds of Yemeni workers have been deported and their schools closed their only crime is their demand for independence, British Labour policy has nothing to do with socialism; its policy is the continuation of the Conservative's in defence of oil monopolist interests and local reactionaries. We appeal to all our friends, all freedom loving people, above all to the British working class represented in the trade unions and the Labour Party, to give their support and soliderity to the heroic struggle of the Adenese workers and people, to protest to the British Government and demand: (1) The end of the wave of terror, taking place in the colony, by ending military rule, releasing of all prisoners, including the general secretary of the Betroleum Workers Union; (2) immediate negotiation with the real representatives of the Aden people, including the NLF and TUC, for independence and withdrawal of troops and the base, The Aden people demand their rights and your support is needed. *An appeal by the E.B. Of Arab Revolution, an Arab language magazine, 1/10/65—
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