for the Rights of Oman)
The popular struggle for liberation in occupied South Yemen (Aden and the Protectorates) is daily reaching greater intensity, Even the United Nations mission, which George Brown hoped to use as go—between for some "deal", has been unable to stomach the hypocrisy and inhumanity of the British Government's policy.
This problem is in many ways a miniature Vietnam, From 1838, British imperialism has detached the occupied South from the independent North of Yemen, and has carried out a brutal policy of repression there, with bombing attacks on the North whenever the people there show any sympathy for their southern compatriots! liberation efforts, which are now reaching heroic proportions, There is even a puppet southern regime (the South Arabian Federation) which is to be proclaimed "independent" in January 1968; this consists of feudal rulers, many of them still slave-owners, in alliance with Adeni merchants,
There is no doubt that the vast majority support the resistance, led by FLOSY which is an alliance of urban workers with the rural population, They demand not only independence but the reunification of Yemen, a principle almost universally accepted by the South Yemeni people, The terms and method of this reunification should be decided by plebiscite, as it should be on a progressive, democratic basis, The people in the occupied South did not, for instance, wish to be ruled by the old Yemeni monarchy before the 1962 Revolution: a unified Yemen must be a genuine democratic republic,
The Committee for the Rights of Onan fully supports the courageous struggle of the South Yemeni people and will give full help to their efforts to win a resounding victory over imperialism, We share a common enemy: the British ruling class which is part, of the world imperialist alliance led by the Johnson regime which the Vietnamese people oppose so unflinchingly, The only acceptable solution for South Yemen is the triumph of the people's will. We oppose the Federation because it is a Whitehall—imposed scheme designed to perpetuate the imperialist-—made division of North and South Yemen, Likewise we should oppose any deals which the British Government may seek to make with other powers over the heads of the South Yemeni people. To this end of supporting the South Yemen struggle, the Committee for the Rights of Oman is planning the following solidarity actions: 1) On Saturday 29th, April (Occupied South Yemen Day) from 2.30-5.30 p.m, a picket will take place outside the South Arabian Federation Office, 95 Park Lane, London W,1, Those who wish to do so are invited to start a 24-hour protest fast at 2,30. 2) On Sunday 7th, May, the Committee for the Rights of Oman will have a contingent on the London Labour Party's May Day March, Please march with our banners, A representative of our Committee will also speak on occupied South Yemen from "The Week" platform in Hyde Park at the end of the March, 3) Also on Sunday 7th, May, at 6,30 p.m, a Protest Meeting will be held in Conway Hall, Red Lion Sq. Speakers include Bob Edwards M.P, and a South Yemen representative, Further details from Committee for the Rights of Oman, 5 Bow Lane, London £.C.4,