IMPERIALISM RESPONSIBLE FOR NGOUABI MURDER LUANDA — The Central Committee of the Popular Move- ment for the Liberation of Angola has charged that the murder March 18 of the president of Re- public of Congo-Brazzaville, Ma- rien Ngouabi, was organized by “‘international imperialism’’. The statement said: ‘“‘All the re- volutionary forces of Africa and the progressive forces of the world mourn the treacherous as- sassination of Marien Ngouabi, one of the most consistent anti- imperialist fighters in Africa. “Once again, international im- perialism has not hesitated to re- sort to political assassination. in order to hold back the struggle of the peoples for their liberation. MARIEN ne and for the abolition of exploitation of man by man,”’ the MPLA Central Committee said. ‘‘The Angolan people the MPLA and Presi- dent Agostinho Neto lost with the death of Marien Ngouabi a good friend and fighter. They declare once again their full support for the Congolese revolution and the Congolese Labor Party.”’ CARTER URGED TO MEET WITH LUIS CORVALAN NEW YORK — President Carter was asked to meet with Chilean Communist Party leader Luis Corvalan to discuss human rights in Chile under the regime of Pinochet. The proposal was made by Com- munist Party U.S.A. general secretary Gus Hall who explained, ‘‘We are inviting Mr. Corvalan for a speaking tour of the U.S. and expect the State Department will issue the necessary visa.”’ In a cable to Carter, Hall said that it ‘“was especially appropriate Corvalan testify.” in view of U.S. involvement in the overthrow of the government of Salvador Allende. Carter, it will be recalled, met with Bukovsky, jailed in the USSR for criminal activities. A PLEA FOR THE RELEASE OF THE WILMINGTON TEN . DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Register March 25 ap- pealed editorially for the release of 10 North Carolina civil rights activists, calling on president Carter to intervene. It said, ‘‘if president Carter wants to maintain credibility as a crusader of human rights, he should act to have the Justice Department investigate and intervene in the case of the Wilmington Ten.”’ RESULTS OF VOTING IN INDIA’S ELECTIONS NEW DELHI — The results of India’s general elections which ran from March 16 to March 20 are as follows: The four-party Janata won 273 seats, the Congress Party 149, Congress for Democracy 27, Marx- ist Communists 18, Tamil Party 19, Communist Party of India 7, Independents 22. Some seats were still in doubt for the 542-seat parlia- ment. U.S. INVESTMENTS IN BRAZIL JUMP BY 163% BUENOS AIRES — Investments by United States corporations in Brazil totalled $1.6-billion in June 1976 according to data from the Brazilian Central Bank. The figure represents 29% of all foreign in- vestments in that country. In the past four years alone U.S. invest- ments have risen 163%. The United States is followed by Japan as the country that has most increased its investments in the same period. In June it accounted for 17% of all foreign investments. The Federal German companies accounted for 13% and in the period under study, they rose by 153%. c- Cyrus S. Eaton Jr., recently returned from Cuba, where he discussed with Fidel Castro a plan whereby the Cleveland firm he heads would build a $200-million tourist resort of 3,000 rooms on Cuba’s Northeast coast. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—APRIL 8, 1977—Page 8 Imperialism bolsters position in Granada The government of Grenada has begun building links with the Chilean junta, charged Selwyn Strachan,:a member of the or- ganizing committee of the New Jewel Movement. On a Canada- U.S. tour, Strachan outlined the situation in Grenada to the Tribune pointing to _ the heightened efforts by imperialism to bolster its position in the Caribbean. Strachan said the government of Eric Gairy has not only entered into economic and military agreements with Chile, it has also established economic relations with South Korea and strengthened its ties with the U.S. Grenada, part of the Windward Islands chain, has a pepulation of 110,000 and, like many former colonies of Britain in the area, is under-industrialized with a high unemployment rate (50%) andits economy depends on agriculture and tourism. The government .of Gairy’s Grenada United Labor Party has moved to facilitate foreign pene- tration of the economy following last December’s election which saw its parliamentary majority cut from 14 of the 15 seats down to nine. In the election campaign Gairy faced a Popular Alliance of three — the New Jewel Move- ment, Grenada National Party and United People’s Party. The campaign was conducted in the midst of worsening social and economic conditions, soaring living costs, mass corruption and growing repression. The New Jewel Movement, the Island’s Marxist-Leninist party, captured three seats, the GNP two and the UPP one. Three seats are being contested in the High Court by the Popular Alliance which charges election rigging by Gairy forces. , Election results gave the Popu- lar Alliance 48% of the vote and Gairy’s Grenada United Labor Party 52%. Selwyn Strachan ran against Gairy losing by 600 votes. The three contested seats were lost by the Popular Alliance by a slim total 520 votes, This growing opposition to the Gairy government, said Strachan, explains its recent moves to tie Grenada closer to imperialism. It has agreed, following the visit of a Chilean delegation to Gre- nada earlier this year, to send troops to Chile for training. It also signed over extensive fishing rights to South Korea and has ac- cepted a $20-million loan from the U.S. in exchange for American rights to land military aircraft on the island. Economic penetration by’ foreign banks, hotels and other commerical» enterprises has also been sharply increased, Strachan said. Banks such as Barclay’s, Chase Manhattan, Canadian Im- perial and Royal Bank of Canada have moved in. Holiday Inns now controls the hotel industty in Grenada and foreign firms own the major part of the island’s communications system. The Popular Alliance campaign was aimed at a growing section of people who are increasingly criti- cal of Gairy’s policies. The GDR, socialism growing in strength, influence — By FILS DELISLE BERLIN — The German Democratic Republic has proven itself to be a strong and stable. European socialist state in every phase of development and has contributed to the strengthening of the influence of socialism in the international arena.” That statement, made to the recent meeting of the. Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party by its general secretary, Erich Honecker, who is also chairman of the state council, was supported by all the reports made to the meeting. It was ac- cepted. as an expression of the facts by objective observers, who months ago warned that reports in the Western media about “re volts” and “splits” in the GDR were foolish inventions. One week earlier it was substantiated by U.S. president Carter, in a let- ter to the Leipzig Trade Fair. Carter praised the GDR’s sub- stantial contributions to interna- tional trade and looked forward to an extension of contacts and exchanges with the GDR. meeting concentrated on the program to liquidate. the housing shortage left by the war and capitalism, in 13 years. As already reported here, every man, wo- man and child in the GDR will ~ have appropniate living quarters with a guaranteed amount of space. This program is being car- ried out step by step, while huge investments are also going into other fields of the economy and social services. In the Federal Republic of Germany where government figures show almost 800,000 ‘people are homeless, without a roof of their own over their heads, the building industry is beset by West German bank- ruptcies, corruption and plan- lessness, and ina number ofcities huge apartment blocks are unin- habited because no tenants can be found to pay the high rents. In the GDR, however, there has been an entirely different development. Erich Honecker, for example, informed the Cen- tral Committee that over 150,000 new dwellings had been turned over to the people last year. In the first months of this year the tempo of construction has in- creased. Young married couples moving into new home, Hon- ecker reported, had by 1976 re- ceived interest-free credits to furnish them in the amount of 1.9 billion marks. He also pointed out that the falling birth rate inherited from the post-war years had been reversed and the _ birthrate is now going up. The. SUP Central Committee . Detailing the measures which have improved the living condi- tions of millions,of people in the last two years, Honecker re- peated the assurance of the gov- ernment and socialist unity party that prices will remain on the present level for consumers. He said: “We will continue in the fu- ture to guarantee the stability of prices for goods (in the consumer outlets), for rents and for ser- ‘vices, which all belong to the climate of social security. SELWYN STRACHAN undercutting of Grenada’ economic and political indepel dence, coupled with the social picture of mass unemployment, if literacy and poverty were thé targets of the Popular Alliances election program. In today’s parliament the New Jewel Movement, because of it§ election showing, leads the of position to Gairy’s government Its main tasks, Strachan said, att to publicize its policies ant strengthen its ties with the people Grenada is a member of the di credited Organization of Ameri can States and is scheduled to bé the host.country for the next oas meeting. Peace Council _ Mobilizes for — world assembly | HELSINKI — Three higt level World Peace Council dele gations are currently touring La tin America, Western Europe an@ Africa in preparation for the. forthcoming World Assembly of Builders of Peace which will take place in Warsaw, May 6 to Ie 1977. The delegations are contacting governments, political parties and mass organizations, mobili for participation in the world aS” sembly and attending nation i conferences organizing in prep” aration for the assembly. 7 The Delegation visiting Latif America is covering Peru, Cuba, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela: Panama, Costa Rica, Mexicos Honduras, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The delegation visiting westem™ Europe will cover, France, Bel- gium, Austria, Denmark an Norway. Earlier another dele. gation had visited the British Isles. The delegation visiting Afric4 will cover five countries — Sené gal, Benin, Gabon, Niger and Ghana. Other African countries will be visited later by anothe! delegation. The World Assembly of Buil- ders of Peace is convened by thé World Peace Council in coopera tion with numerous international; regional, and national non governmental organizations. I# Canada, the "Canadian Peacé Congress and the Conse! Quebecois de la Paix are cool dinating the organizing of a repre sentative. delegation from Canada. The assembly, which will deal with problems of disarmament détente, international security: development, solidarity, huma! rights, cooperation and protec” tion of the environment, is eX” pected to bring together some 2,000 people.