Why imperialists want control of Katanga | Aland of greatriches | 4 100 200 300km | PA E @ Z Kongoolo M nkolob LP ~ELISABETHVILL © a pas FA M MAN ROK CY J g GOLD DIAMONDS ZY “pp SX? COTTON Z BELGIAN MILITARY BASE 1 ny ZF COPPER K COBALT 8 TIN x URANIUM F IRON Katanga covers an area of 484,000 square miles and has a@ population of about one million. But it will probably be hard to find any other area of equal size so fabulously rich in} minerals. These include copper — one of the biggest deposits in the capitalist world, iron, tin, lead, zinc, manganese, coal, gold, silver and diamonds. But the biggest prize, is, of course, uranium; also the newly discovered strategic minerals — co- alt, used in the manufacture of missiles, and germanium, ‘widely used in electronics. Katanga accounts for eight percent of capitalist world eutput of copper; 14 percent in tin, 60 percent in industrial @iamonds, 75 percent in cobalt and nearly 100 percent in radium. A short while ago it was producing 60 percent of all the uranium used in the ‘capitalist world. anium that went into the making of the American on Hiroshima and Nagasaki came from The ur atomic bombs dropped Katanga. WwW World attention is focussed this week on Moscow where the trial of U-2 pilot Francis Powers opened Wednesday. The indictment published a week before the trial charges that Powers was told “to pay special attention to a number of sections of his route and to two points at one of which there were believed to be roc- fence installations.” Powers is charged with “‘ac- tive espionage activity against the Soviet Union” in that he flew over Soviet territory with the aim of collecting strategic information about rocket bases, other key defence and indus- trial installations.” The indictment points out that at a time when U.S. H- bombers are on constant pa- trol, “the incursion of a for- eign aircraft into the USSR may always be a sign of the beginning of an armed attack.” “Furthermore,” it adds, “there can be no guarantee that any such aircraft appearing over Soviet territory is not carrying a death-dealing cargo.” Citing speeches justifying the U-2 flight by Eisenhower, Nixon and Herter, the indict- ment declares that the “U.S. government in peace time offi- cially proclaimed. a policy which can be pursued only when countries are at war.” Powers, whose family is in Moscow to attend the trial, ac- BC-Soviet soccer game August 24 B.c. All Star soccer team —)| will meet the Leningrad Zenit f| football club in an exhibition game in Empire Stadium Aug. RUSSIA SELECT B.C. ALL-STARS WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24, 8:30 EMPIRE STADIUM RESERVED SEAT TICKETS: $4, $3, $2, $1.50 (inc. tax.) Hicks’ Ticket Bureau ....-.-ceees . 610 Dunsmuir Street § Holiday Style Shop ........-:eeeese scene esescess 1321 Kingsway Ivor Williams Sporting Goods ......+...> 2120 West 41st Avenue White Spot Service Station ........-..++- 8091 Granville Street & Bill’s Toggery ..+