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Demonstrations shake Khanh regime

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headed by the former commander
of the Katanga air force.

Several groups of men signed
on by them at about $240 amonth
plus “danger money” have al-
ready been flown to the Congo.
They are to join the newly-
established “Special Command
No. 5” of the Congo army.

The crash of a US, B-26
bomber on its way to the Congo
last weekend inadvertently re-
vealed that two British bases are
being used by the Americans for
their ferrying to Leopoldville,

Last week a South African
Air Force C-130Hercules trans-
port plane delivered South Af-
rican Air Force men in uniform
and unmarked boxes of supplies.
The Air Force men said they eX-
pected to stay in the Congo

“for some time.”

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Challenging the state of emergency recently declared by U.S. puppet

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demonstrations.

The sudden outburst of public
indignation shown in the demon-
stration Monday of 40,000 people
is seen aS 4 powerful reflection

of the crisis shaking the U.S.

puppet regime and its narrow
pase of support among the people
of South Vietnam.

A feature of the present wave
of demonstrations has been the
growing expressions of anti-
American feeling stemming from
the U.S. military takeover of the
country and the unpopular war
being expanded by the U.S. and
its puppet government.

In Da Nang, where more U.S.
troops are stationed than any-
where in the country except Sai-
gon, over 1,000 youths stoned the
U.S. military barracks shouting
anti-American slogans.

Sparking the widespread pro-
tests against Khanh and his mili-
tary junta, which recently im-
posed a military dictatorship on
the country, are the students and
Buddhists, although many other
groups are joining with them.

Establishment of the U.S.-
Khanh military junta was immed-
iately followed by increased re-
pressive measures against the
civilian population. Monday’s
Saigon papers published a letter
from atop Buddhi st leader claim-
ing that 24 innocent people had
been killed, 254 houses burned
and thousands of Buddhists “ar-
rested, threatened, ill- treated

and tortured.”

Faced with threats to his puppet
regime Khanh agreed Tuesday to
abolish the military dictatorship
and dissolve the military junta
which made him president less
than two weeks ago.

However,

on Wednesday the

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military junta refused to give up
its newly- acquired dictatorial
power and new demonstrations by
the civilian population are threat-
ened.

In a desperate bid to save their
puppet, who they elevated to dic- ,
tatorship in South Vietnam after
the coup which overthrew Presi-
dent Diem last November, the
U.S, government through one of
its officials in Washington said
Wednesday it would continue to
support Khanh.

en Khanh in South Vietnam, tens of thousands of students and
ed mass demonstrations this week demanding reforms in the
es of freedom in a new constitution. Cries of ‘‘Down
en Khanh” and anti-American slogans have dominated the massive

Meanwhile, in .the U.S. last
week a Secret memorandum pre-
pared by the CIA, which the
Administration was compelled to
make public, admitted‘that there
“is serious doubt that victory
can be won” in South Vietnam
and that “the situation remains
very fragile.”

This week’s events in South
Vietnam cast even greater doubt
that U.S, intervention can stop the
people’s will to democracy, in-
dependence and peace in South
Vietnam.

Liberal housing gouge
blasted in Parliament

The fight of Fraserview tenants
and homeowners to block the be-
trayal of Liberal promises and
stop higher rents and a price

gouge exploded on the floor of’

Parliament in Ottawa this week.

The sharp exchange took place
when Postmaster General Jack
‘Nicholson revealed that effective
Oct. 1 rents would be raised
from $3.50 to $11 a month. He
was immediately reminded of
the promise given in June, 1962,
by Arthur Laing, then Liberal
candidate and now Minister of
Northern Affairs.

At that time Laing charged that
prices were too high and that the
Central Mortgage and Housing
Corp. stood to make $5 million
profit selling the homes in lieu
of increasing rents,

In his 1962 statement Laing
said the houses should be sold
to veterans at cost—an average
of $6,600 and that monthly pay-
ments on houses bought by veter-

ans should be the same as the
rents.

Now the sale prices asked by
CHMC range from $7,700 to
$10,900, and the Corporation is
seeking authority to push rents
up by about 18 per cent. Resi-
dents claim the increase is
actually to force them to buy the
houses which, they say, have been
jerry-built and are now falling
apart.

In reneging on promises made
by Laing, Nicholson said Laing’s
statements were made as a can-
didate and not as Minister of
Northern Affairs, This statement
immediately brought a retort
from NDP leader T. C, Douglas,
who asked whether “being sworn
in as a member of the cabinet
relieves a member of all pre-
vious commitments which he has
made.”

An attempt by Ottawa to raise
rents last year aroused a storm
of protest and forced withdrawal
of the increase at that time.

Gruzia enroute to Cuba with cargo and passengers,
shows how close U.S. military planes come .
Union has repeatedly protested such buzzing, but a re-
cent note charges these have been stepped up recently.

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