Cuba exposes Chinas WORLD NEWS

sh ameful role in Angola __.BUROPE PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS CHILE JUNTA CRIMES

BRUSSELS — The Political Commission of the European parlia-
\ é yah ment here condemned the crimes of Chile’s fascist junta. The Euro-
eee = a4 y the propo- pean Parliament or Consultative Assembly is part of the 18-nation
I cee vith me ‘the records of Counciliot Bumps, est oF Ls ge : sce :
the South Afri Parliament The Political Commission denounced the Chilean fascist junta for its
Sana ae non hi “ st violations of human rights and for torture of political opponents. It
Secon oe Ble “1 Ich tOOK called upon world public opinion to strive for the rights of political
place before the amendments to prisoners in Chile. A resolution adopted by the Political Commission
the Defense Act were adopted. urged all Common. Market countries to use ‘‘all possible means”’ to
These records are available to ectore democracy in Chile
any representative who wishes to :
indulge in an interesting study in YN DEMANDS INDONESIA WITHDRAW FROM TIMOR :
semantics: to establish who UNITED NATIONS — Indonesian withdrawal from East Timor
copied whom — whether Pretoria yas demanded by nearly all speakers in the United Nations’ Security
EIS ae or whether Peking Council debate last week. Gil Fernandez, UN Ambassador of the
copied Pretoria. Republic of Guinea-Bissau, said his country is ‘‘seriously concerned”’ |
Mr. Huang Hua referred On a bout the East Timor Situation and demands that Indonesia uncondi-
number of occasions to the Cuban tionally withdraw its troops from East Timor. }
internationalist combatants ~ Guyana and Tanzania on April 21 submitted a joint draft resolution — :
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UNITED NATIONS — Follow-
ing comments are the response of
Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada, Cu-
ban Ambassador to the United Na-
tions, to remarks made by Huang
Hua, Chinese Ambassador, during
the Security Council debate on
Angola. Huang Hua spoke on
March 26, Alarcon on March 29.

ALARCON: Of course, no-
thing obliged Ambassador Huang
Hua to come to the first in this
series of Security Council meet-
ings in order to justify the South
African aggression against the
people of Angola or come to the
defense of imperialism with re-
gard to the future steps it might
take in the attempt to save the
racist regime in Africa. But that is
in fact what he did on Friday in

fighting together with the Angolan demanding the same thing.

La ieangd — ~~ OEE East Timor is a former Portuguese colony which last Nov. 28 de-
Sonn Ae psaine aii clared its independence under the leadership of the Front for the
sion that the representative Of | iberation of East Timor (FRETILIN).

China was trying to be insulting.

the Security Council, before the
entire world. Of course, we would be insulted if JAPAN’S RAIL WORKERS WIN THEIR STRIKE
Let us examine the facts. The the word came from a revolutio- = TOK YO— After more than 500,000 Japanese railroad workers went
representative of China said: nary, but that is not the case. on strike April 20 and nearly paralyzed the country, government and i
«when the victory of the RICARDO ALARCON I have already said that Cuba private management agreed yesterday to an average 8.8 percent wage — :
gave the People’s Republic of aise, far above what they had originally proposed. ;

national liberation struggle in An- ; Re ‘
gola was won, the Soviet social- socialism pushes feverishly its Angola military assistance, which ‘Another action in the ‘‘spring struggle”’ of Japanese labor took place
imperialists crossed the oceans, colonial policy of expansion and was requested by its legitimate yesterday when Japan’s National Seamen’s Union went on strike. The

committed naked armed interven- scrambles for strategically impor- Government, precisely to CON- eamen had presented their demands a week ago, but the shipowners —
tion and plunged the newly inde- tant places in southern Africa. front the aggression on the part of rejected them. The NSU leadership said the struggle would be joined i |
pendent young State of Angola Such a frenzied offensive by South African troops, Portuguese py seamen from fishing boats, auto ferries and coastal trading vessels. 5
into painful division and civilwar. Soviet social-imperialism is fascists and international
The South African racist regime bound to bring to Angola, south- mercenaries. ATHENS DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST U.S. BASES
... also openly carried out armed ern Africa and even the whole Af- Of course, Mr. Huang Hua said ATHENS — ‘Down with U.S. bases!” was the slogan in a mass
aggression against Angola and di- rican continent extremely serious not one word about the real mer- gemonstration April 19. The protest against the new U.S. _Greek milit-
rectly interfered in its internal consequences.” cenaries, the paid assassins with ary agreement was organized by a number of opposition parties, ‘nae
affairs.” There are many other parts of long criminal experiente Jn the Gjuding the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). The demonstration
The Chinese leadership knows the statement by the representa- Congo, Nigeria, Rhodesia and took place on Syntagma (Constitution Square), Omonia Square and
that that is not true. It knows also _ tive of China which are similar to other African countries, who pal- other central places in the Greek capital.
that that statement is an attempt the ones I have quoted. ticipated in the South -Afri
to justify what cannot be justified. I would invite members of the aggression. ... ARGENTINE CP PAPER CONDEMNS ATT ACK ON OFFICE
It knows that with those words it Security Council to compare I should add that Cubans were BUENOS AIRES — The first issue of Nuestra Pal abra, the news-
has gone further than the im- what I have just quoted with re- not the only ones to fight on the | paper of the Communist Party of Argentina which has appeare dfor the
cent statements by distinguished side of the People’s Republic of fr<t time since the military coup March 24 said that the military attacks

perialists, indeed, it has gone ; isti

even further than the racists in spokesmen of imperialism who, Angola: we were honored to fight against the paper were completely unjustified.

Pretoria, in defending the South concerned about the fate of the shoulder to shoulder with com- A few days after the coup, troops fired at least a hundred rounds of i

African invasion of Angola. racist minority regimes in south- — batants from other African coun- small-arms bullets into the building housing the paper, then occupied h
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When the South Africans at- em Africa, have uttered words tries, as well — all under the its offices. Fernando Nadra, the paper’s editor-in-chief, said ‘Nuestra
tacked Angola last year, Portugal, very similar to those used by the command of the legitimate Ango- palabra’? would demand compensation for damages and the punish-

the administering power, pro- representative of China. lan authorities. ment of those responsible.
tested against and denounced the It is also worth pointing out that There is something that should :
aggression. Neither Portugal nor they coincide with the adoption not be overlooked in the state- SCOTTISH UNIONS DEMAND NATIONALIZ ATION
South Africa nor anyone else by the Pretoria Parliament of cer- ment by the Chinese representa- PERTH — At its annual conference here, the Scottish Trade Union
went so far as to say that there tain amendments to the Defense _ tive: he tried to convey theimpre- Congress passed a resolution deman ding nationalization of all British
was any other foreign country in- Act which would allow South Af- ssion that the People’s Republic jon opolies and banks
tervening in Angola with its rica to attack any African coun- of Angola was not fighting against Britain’s Gar nniials have strong influence in the Scottish TUCH
armed forces. : try. Ambassador Huang Hua did South African aggression. Ac- because of their leadership of Scotland’s miners and shipbuilding
In another part of his statement not find time in his statement to cording to him, ‘“‘mercenaries’ — workers
Ambassador Huang Hua said: condemn those South African meaning Cubans and nationals of Theo d ore Taylor, delegate of the Scottish auto workers, pointed out
what merits further atten- threats against African countries, other African countries — fought jn his speech that British ca pitalists are investing practic ally nothing
tion is that to contend with the but he did hasten to justify in ad- , on its behalf ‘under the leader-  gcottish industry to make it competitive an d to replace worn-out 0

other super-power for world vance any further South African — ship of the Soviets.” : equipment. |
ae: that 2a aggression; using, ees the eS ae es cee “But at the same time,” Taylor said, ‘the monopolists can find §
which flaunts the signboard of same arguments and the, same sat rican. OVENONe © @S- enough capital to invest it in racist Rhodesia and South Africa, where jp

serials they are making enormous profits out of the exploitation of oppresse® j@

® . . To him, the Angolan resistance african workers.”

Voting in Vietnam sioner ,
thing; MPLA’s more-than-15-

. year armed struggle means no-

s f t thing. In his racist, chauvinist vis-

eCavy an es ive ion he is incapable of understand-

: : ing that it was they, the Angolans,

National Assembly members complete liberation of South Vie- fighting heroically, with determi-

who were elected in Vietnam Ap- tnam took place on April 30, 1975. nation, courage and selflessness,

ril 25 will meet within 60 days to Reports indicate that 99% of who won the independence of

adopt a new constitution and safe : i : i
4 the eligible voters cast ballots in their country: first against the

ratify the reunification of the Hint abd ciriil Portuguese, later against the
North and Sovth, according to “anclancsim ar strong tumouts — South Africans.

Vietnamese officials. were reported in Saigon and the = That African victory is pre-
The voters in the assembly Provinces. The atmosphere dur- cisely what gives a singular his-
election chose 249 deputies in ‘78 election day was described aS toric dimension to the war in An-
North Vietnam and 243 in the festive. gola. It has shown that African
South. All the candidates were Nguyen Huu Tho, president of combatants are capable of con-
nominated by revolutionary the National Liberation Front of fronting and defeating the racists.
committees. South Vietnam cast his vote in It has shattered the myths propa-
No date for reunification has Binh Tay ward for one of the gated by the defenders of white = : pk ae oe
been set. Vietnam has been di- South’s 243 representatives. In supremacy. It has demonstrated *_- MP? TY Loe fs ‘
vided since the Geneva Confer- Hanoi leaders were among the that nothing and no one can pre- + gBONN—The regular Congress of the Communist Party of the Feder! i
ence of 1954 ended seven years first voters for the new assembly vent the complete liberation of Republic of Germany was held here this month under the slogan: “T%)
war between the Viet Minh and in which representation has been Africa. It has proved that the Af- gether with the Communist Party against big capital, for Social an’?
the French and throughout the set on the basis of one seat for rican people can resist and fight Democratic Rights, for Peace Freedom and Socialism!” Photo show!
period of U.S. aggression. The every 100,000 people. till final victory. the Congress hall with Party Chairman H. Mies at the speaker's rostrum™|

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