avis says Montreal and an_ estimated 15,000 in Canada. A large major- ity of them face imminent depor- tation to a land ridden. with Poverty and prisons. Haiti still ‘Writhes under a_ dictatorship headed by the semi-illiterate ‘Bernard Duvalier. Haitians are aware of the fate that awaits Many of them in the event of a forced return to their country; prisonment, torture or death. .Ms. Chancey spoke about the ‘tontonmacoute”, the paramili- tary group which has darkly ‘Kept Haiti under: fascist terror. “Today there is a new force on ‘the Island, they are called ‘Leo- ‘ards’ and were spawned by. the Valier regime to combat the ‘tising resistance.” The Leopards ate U.S. trained. _ Gloria Mallaroni of the Ligue ‘les Femmes spoke about: the ada and Haiti, an economic ‘Telationship which favors «the ‘Preservation of the status quo, ad of the desire of~Canada not to alienate the Duvalier dictator- ‘Ship. Angela Davis spoke about the ‘Struggle Canadians must develop “8Zainst racism. She spoke of the Sngoing fight in the United ‘States; a fight with a primary %bject in mind: “to build a shield Bainst repression.” Telationship that exists between . “There are Chicanos and Blacks, Asians and Puerto Ri- cans. In Canada there are similar groups: Blacks, Indians, Asians, and all of them are essentially powerless. They have no poli- tical power and no economic power. There is no alternative for them but to use their num- bers as power.” Ms. Davis illustrated her thesis by explaining that the best methods of struggle is unity, both Blacks and whites together. “If enough people come together and demonstrate together then they can demand that the Canadian government give the Haitians in Canada poli- tical asylum. “The root of the problem of course,” Ms. Davis elaborated, “is that Canada’s ‘just society’ is a petty hollow term. It is a term that has to be squared away with Canada’s enormous invest- ments in Brazil, a country which represents a bulwark of fascism in South America. It is therefore in the Canadian government in- terest today to these repressive regimes. “ «at the same time, on the domestic scene, facts indicate that 70% of Black citizens live below the poverty level: The same figures apply just as well for Indian and Inuit people.” Communist Party letter to Ottawa Stay out of World Bank deal The following is the text of a letter sent’ to the Hon. Allan MacEachen, Minister of External Affairs by the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Canada on Nov. 25, 1974: “We strongly protest Canada’s backing of U.S. efforts to knock together a World Bank working group to provide financial aid to the Thieu regime in South Viet- nam. Such backing is tantam- ount to supporting U.S. aims to develop specific programs of multilateral aid to bolster up the corrupt administration of the fascist Thieu administration. “Immediately on the agenda is a $50-million World Bank loan. This will initiate an annual lending program of an expand- ing open-ended commitment to the Thieu administration. “It is indeed shameful that External Affairs could even con- sider committing Canada to such ‘sional a politically bankrupt and reac- tionary course —a course that commits Canada to one of pull- ing U.S. chestnuts out of the fire kindled by U.S. imperialist circles. “It is a course which consti- tutes a repudiation of the Paris Treaties to which Canada was a party and by-passes the Provi- Revolutionary Govern- ment of South Vietnam. It is a course which interferes in the internal affairs of South Vietnam in order to prop up a corrupt and fascist administration. “To embark on such a course goes contrary to the best inter- ests of Canada. It,can only serve to directly associate Canada with the barbaric crimes of the U.S. military and the puppet Thieu against the peoples of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. “To pursue the course of join- ing the U.S. inspired World Bank working group to bail out Us. Angela Davis speaks to 500 in Winnipeg WINNIPEG— On the first stop in her 3 day tour of Canada, Angela Davis spoke to an audience of 500 in this city. Speaking about racism and political repression, she men- tioned her own case as an example of the repression in the ' She thanked all those in Winnipeg who had participated in the movement for her release. “Had it not been for that movement | would not be here today,” she said. the United States and Thieu ad- ministration will not only implic- ate Canada as an accessory after the act in the U.S. criminal ag- gression — it will serve to isol- ate Canada in a world moving rapidly along the path of natio- nal freedom:and social advance. We urge you, Mr. Minister, to emphatically renounce this course.” f toward the white re- S, encourage some modi- 40n of their current racial colonial policies , and 48h more substantial as- ‘ice to the Black states to draw the two groups er and exert some in- ‘ee on both for peaceful =A yapril events jn Portugal Sequent shift in Africa as Ht show how wrong “Tar Was. Instead of a protec- & around the white. “olds of South Africa and today the reverse is » Udependent Angola and Nbique also could mean a ng of U.S. access to the its navy, and the end Omic — especially oil S'— penetration by “an Corporations. | States’ planners are th the problem of how to the new African rea- th because of the poten- Ber to its broader mili- @Ns to guard the whole antic area and because ‘ireat to the continued 4 of “safe” white-ruled in Southern Africa rm the anchor of their defence of these regimes ‘S-NATO bloc forces © dangerous, possibility frican “Vietnam” being as a serious option by ®80n. And, while so far’ Powers have been only 8 the world-wide boy- Providing war materials , hc aid, this may now {ttle to guarantee con- ‘Safety for Western inter- wees! holding Southern Africa} e Esquire story reports that secret contingency planning is being carried out at the Norfolk, Virginia headquarters of the Su- preme Allied Commander, Atlan- tic (SACLANT). It aims to deve- lop an air-naval task force to operate in that vast expanse under the NATO cover. It is try- ing to bridge the enormous gap between the North Atlantic and the Philippines (termed a “stra- tegic nightmare”) with an im- portant base being set up on the tiny British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for fleet support. Future denial of naval ports in Angola and Mozambique make reliance on South African and Diego Garcia bases essential to SACLANT’s planning. These changed conditions have made it necessary for NATO De- fense Planning Committee to 1s- sue secret instructions to SAC- LANT to work out arrangements with: South Africa for military coordination. The problem of NATO work- ing outside its “designated area which traditionally was cae northern hemisphere, was ¢ ear- ed away at the Ottawa NATO Ministerial Council meeting in June 1974. At this gathering, the Ottawa Declaration, Article 11, opened up new areas for NATO to roam, giving it “carte blanche”, says Esquire, “to ‘be- -come involved wherever it wish- es.” Tar Baby then provides the method: “Enforce arms . embargo against South Africa but with liberal treatment of equipment which could serve either mili- tary or civilian purposes. “Permit U.S. naval calls in South Africa with arrange- ments for non-discrimination. toward U.S. personnel in or- ganized activity ashore (the U.S. has Black sailors, which creates a problem in apartheid South Africa); authorized rou- tine use of airfields. - “Conduct selected exchange programs with South Africa in all categories including mili- tary. “Without changing the U.S. legal position that South Afri- can occupation: of South-West Africa is illegal, we would play down the issue and en- courage accommodation _be- tween South Africa and the. UN. “Toward African insurgent . movements take public posi- tion that the U.S. opposes use of force in racial confronta- tions. Continue humanitarian assistance to refugees. “The current thrust of South African domestic policy does not involve any basic change in the racial-segregation sys- . tem, which is anathema to the © Black states. There is virtually no evidence that change might be forthcoming in these South African policies as a result of any approach on our part.” We then see the two-pronged policy being enacted—U.S.-NATO “contingency plans” being work- ed out in detail, and U.S. policy toward white regimes in the area being softened to facilitate the military aims. In a sense there is a race with time for Pentagon strategists, faced as they are with rapid, dramatic ‘shifts in the entire area. Canada, as a NATO partner and with substantial interests in that part of the world, so far hasn’t spoken publicly about our role in the whole matter. The refusal, however, of Ottawa to take a strong anti-apartheid po- sition (we refused to vote with PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1974—Page 7 the majority of UN members for South Africa’s expulsion) could indicate our government is in- volved in NATO's watchdog plans.