Evening star., 1960-09-24

t U. N. mission
ed to us another military air.
craft, an RB-47. This plane
carried guns and special recon
naissance equipment. The plane
penetrated our country from
the direction of the Kols
Peninsula. For what purpoSeSi
In the name of what?
I believe every person of COM
mon sense understands that
this plane was not bringing US
any good cargo.
No Word of U-2
incidentally, the President oi
the United States, Mr.. Eisen-
hover, mentioned in his speech
yesterday that an RB-47 Amer.
lean military aircraft was shot
down by Soviet forces. I an
not going to argue about thi:
matter. The actual state of af-
fairs and our position have
already been explained in de-
tail.
But, strange as it may seem
while closely following tile
Presidents speech I did moi
hear him say a single word
about the U-2 plane which was
also downed over the territory
of the Soviet Union. How can
this be explained? Perhaps
the President has forgotten
about this plane?
The provocation-mongers are
seeking to create an atmosphere
in which the nations would
live in constant fear.
There are fewer and fewer
people willing to reconcile
themselves with the present sit
uation when any manifestation
of the free will Of the peoples,
any trends towards the pur-
suit Of an independent policy
whether on the part of In
donesia, Iraq or Guinea, neu-
trail Austria, or little Iceland,
which is protecting her eco
nomic intereSts-meet with
frantic opposition and evoke
thunder and lightning on the
part Of the powers grouping
around NATO, this present day
Holy Alliance" of sorts which
has assumed the thankless mis-
sion Of exercising the spirit of
freedom wherever it appears
on the globe.
Sees Cuba Attacked
Courageous Cuba has become
the object of all kinds of at
tacks, intrigues, and Subversion,
economic aggression and A.
nally, poorly concealed threats
of intervention.
The relations of the United
States with Cuba are illustra-
tive. All the branches of Cuba's
economy before the victory of
the popular revolution in that
country are known to have
been dominated completed by
American monopolies which
gained huge profits out Of the
exploitation Of the Cuban
workers and the wealth of their
fertile land.
Having expelled Dictator
Batista the Cuban people have
freed themselves from foreign
exploitation, and have taken
their fate into their own hands
firmly declaring to the United
States monopolists: mo more
plundering of our country. We
ourselves shall utilize the
wealth of our labor and our
land!"
Problems in Africa
Stormy developments have
flared up on the African con-
tinent. The young Republic
of the Congo on the third day
after the proclamation of her
independence fell victim to ag-
gression. Before the eyes Of
the whole world the Belgian
government attempted to de-
prive that country of it's free
dom, to take back what the
Congolese people have been
selflessly fighting for over dec
AIDES. An international crisis
developed which brought back
to everyone'S memory the trou-
bled days Of autumn, 1856:
The days of the Suez crisis. AS
was the case then, an inde-
pendent African state fell VIC
tim to unprovoked aggression,
the universally recognized prin-
ciples of relations among states
were flouted, a situation was
created which is fraught with
a grave threat to peace not
only in Africa.
How ridiculous and absurd
are the arguments with which
the aggressors have been COW
ering up their actions. They
alleged that chaos" would
reign in the Congo if the Bel
gian troops had not marched
in, that the Congolese people
had not yet matured for inde-
pendent nationhood. Who could
believe these allegations?
And, of course, it was not
concern for the life of Belgian
citizens in the Congo but the
far more tangible interests of
the all-powerful nonopolies
which have taken root on Con-
golese land that prompted the
Belgian government to under
take the reckless attempt to
bring the people of this young
State to their knees, to tear
away by force its richest prov
ince of Katanga.
NATO Conspiracy Charged
Raw materials for nuclear
weaponS-uranium, cobalt, til
tanium, cheap labor-that is
what the monopolists are afraid