By JAMES LEECH

i: LISBON — The World Conference in
‘Polidarity with the Arab People and
7), heir Central Cause: Palestine, held in
‘he Portuguese capital, Nov. 2-6, put
ard a set of proposals calling for
action.
k Major documents (backed by
everal specialized reports) spelled out
he ement from all continents with the
westinian cause — demands for the re-
}.U Of their homeland, withdrawal of
Staeli military forces from occupied
hg territory, and condemnation of
Onist genocide against the Palesti-
“ans, Lebanon and Syria.
asser Arafat, chairman of the Pales-
Liberation Qrganization, opening
Conference in a session at the Univer-
Y of Lisbon, Nov. 2, said:
If the Middle East, because of its
staphic position and its riches, has
aYS — particularly: since the be-
See of this century — represented the
mast every colonialist, Zionist or
Perialist strategy, then the common
Ominator between the strategy of the
ane Onialism, and its heirs, U.S.
. Perialism and Zionism, is based on the
he muibermeat of the Arab Nation and
sa; Stigation of wars and differences
on nee various Arab regimes, and
. €Cting the huge Israeli war machine
St the Arab Nation every time it
Ses its head to demand its rights, its
aia independence and social prog-

Arafat said in the course of his opening
: h: ‘I would not be broadcasting
iy Secret if I told you that victory in the
on, ,.> liberate Palestine goes hand in
saat the battle for Arab oil.”’
ila Charismatic PLO chairman was
Bie Y applauded during appearances be-
i Conference delegates and the
Dok Buese public. He and other
The men from the Arab world, laid out

Saar dence of systematic U.S.-Israeli-

a efforts to eradicate the Palesti-
‘tha: ’.2@d to destroy Arab unity around
Cause,

The Wish Palestinians Victory
nore te onference of 750 delegates from
ations 00 countries and 325 organi-
f Ga, pened under the chairmanship
host ee Osta Gomes, a president of
Verthre after the 1974 revolution which
ddress Mosciam. In a brief opening
Wish the COS Gomes said: “We all
: - Arab people of Palestine, under

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the leadership of the PLO, to achieve
within a short time a brilliant victory and

then to build an independent state with -

full sovereignty over all their terri-
tories.

‘*As the problem of the Middle East
affects peace,’’ he said, ‘‘the mainte-
nance of which is the main purpose of the
U.N., it must be resolved through their
(the U.N.’s) principal organs, the Gen-
eral Assembly and the Security Coun-
ci

Costa Gomes, who had visited the
Palestinian refugee camps, said that the
‘brutal and unjustifiable attacks against
south Lebanon -are one of the con-
sequences”’ of the 1978 Camp David ac-
cords concluded ‘‘behind the backs of
the Palestinian people.”’

The solidarity conference, convened
by a secretariat representing a number of
international organizations including
trade union, youth, women’s, peace,
political and liberation bodies, heard a
particularly large number of delegates

from Africa, Latin America and the Mid- -

die East. European and Asian countries
were also represented, as were Mexico,
the USA, and Canada.

The conference declared in one of its
final documents that, ‘‘The struggle for
freedom, justice and peace constitutes an
indivisible international responsibility.”’

Lisbon Declaration

The conference delegations agreed to
work to develop actions in coun-
tries around the world in defence of the
human and inalienable rights of the
Palestinians, to win recognition by all
governments for the PLO as sole and
legitimate spokesman for the Palestinian
people, and to compel an end to the Is-
raeli state policy of terror, destruction
and occupation used against its
neighbors.

The Lisbon Declaration of the confer-
ence condemns Israel for *“expropriating
Arab lands and water resources .. . and
establishing settlements ... arbitrarily
detaining and torturing freedom fighters
in Israeli prisons and imposing collective
punishment and arrests: changing the
political and demographic and cultural
characteristics of the occupied Arab ter-
ritories including Jerusalem.” |

It points to Israel's ‘barbaric attacks
on Lebanon,” and calls for ‘‘immediate
and strict implementation of Security
Council Resolutions 425, 426, 444 and
450...’ It expresses ‘‘full solidarity”

Yasser Arafat, PLO chairman, and Costa Gomes, former president of Portugal.
flanked by PLO and Portuguese conference organizers as they acknowledge ‘enemas
receptions at opening session in Lisbon, Nov. 2, of the World Conference in Solidarity with
the Arab People and Their Central Cause: Palestine.

with Syria ‘‘in its frontline confrontation
against Zionism and imperialism (and)
the struggle of the Arab Front of Stead-
fastness and Confrontation (Syria,
Algeria, Lybia, Democratic Yemen and
the PLO).”’ It expresses support of the
national movements in the Arab penin-
sula and the (Persian) Gulf.
Investigate Human Rights

In lengthier documents — Draft Prog-
ram of Action, and a resolution on the
Unity of the Struggle of the Arab Nation
and the Peoples of the World — the con-
ference continued a firm singleness of
purpose. It condemned the massive U.S.
military build-up throughout the Middle
East, including the Persian Gulf and in
the Indian Ocean.

Describing U.S. Mideast plans as
“part of the global plans of world
imperialism,’’ the conference documents

link the economic and military plans

which stretch from the Middle East to
southern Africa, to domination attempts
in the African Horn, and to reactionary
regimes in Latin America.

They call_for campaigns against the
anti-Palestinian Camp David accords,
for the implementation of U.N. resolu-
tion 3236, and for campaigns for
governmental recognition of the PLO.

Lisbon meeting backs Palestinians

Voting in favor of the Program of Ac-
tion, delegates pledged continuing ac-
tions to:

e Assist the PLO in preparation of a
world information project to expose the
Israeli settlements plan and its goal, the
permanent expulsion of the Palestinians.

e Condemn Israeli plans to liquidate
the cultural heritage and the national
Arab identity of the Paiestinian people.

e Urge internatinal non-governmental
bodies engaged in investigating viola-
tions of human rights to intensify their
activities in the occupied territories and
ensure the broadest publicity for the re-
sults of their work.

To back up these,efforts the confer-
ence considered suggestions for PLO de-
legations to various countries, exhibi-
tions and film showings depicting the
Palestinian struggle, in part through co-
operation with the U.N. Special Unit on
Palestine (which was represented at the
conference) and utilizing its publica-
tions.

The conference voted to have the
international secretariat which organized
it, continue its work to achieve world-
wide solidarity with the Arab people and
the cause of Palestine.

inte ntsh, Canadian and American
invoubence units were apparently

BD atte ‘ved in at least two unsuccessful
oe Rear to overthrow the Peoples’
olutionary Government of Gre-
Week PRG spokesmen said last

es eg two plotted coups, one to go
ors Stale on October 15, and
Were ther planned for November 3
forts uncovered by government
| spirae With a number of the con-
| of arrested and large caches
| e Sehaieg and explosives seized,
ion of with detailed documenta-
Of the plotted ventures.

Se said (heen Officials in New York
“forme a raid on the home of a
ing nt eats corporal on the even-
Sei Ovember 2 resulted in the
Moloto of electronic detonators,
"Of ge °V cocktails, large quantities
and lignites and ‘other explosives
Nan: ns.’ Also seized were
— of ahha actions and
ents and information on the

: aesition of group.”’ ;
ting to the plans and docu-
as Seized, which were displayed

at a government rally in Grenada on
November 10, three ships were to
land at ‘‘strategic coastal points in
Grenada and their occupants link up
with counter revolutionary forces
within Grenada, reminiscent of the
disastrous CIA sponsored Bay of
Pigs attack on Cuba.

The plan was then for these forces
to seize army installations, the radio
station and homes of “‘leading

res of the Peoples’ Revolutio-
‘nary Government and Peoples’ Re-
volution Army.” Following the ar-
rests, the ships never landed.

The documents also revealed a

link between the conspirators and
Winston White who was detained on

October 15 for illegal possession of
arms.

Canada involved in Grenada coup attempt

the new government,’’ Grenadian
spokesmen said.

The Canadian, British and Ameri-
can involvement in the attempted
coups probably took the form of
**top secret meetings held in London
involving the U.S. State Depart-
ment, the British Foreign Office, and
Canadian officials, supposedly on
security in the Carribean,’’ the
spokesmen say.

“Tt is certain that this (the
November 3 attempted coup) is a
result of that meeting.”” _

In Toronto, a representative of the
New Jewel Movement, the main
force in the Grenada revolution,
pointed out that Winston White, as
chief of security of the old police
force had ‘‘direct dealings with the
CIA and other agencies of that na-
ture.”

Since the detention of the con-
spirators, one has confessed to the
planned coup, and within Grenada
itself, the situation remains calm
with support for the government
‘greater than ever’ the Toronto
representative said.

Grenadian prime minister Maurice
Bishop was the target of two unsuc-
cessful coups backed by Canada,
France and the U.S.

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