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The largest of the nationalist
movements, the Union of the
Populations of Angola (UPA),
headed by Holden Roberto, also
draws its membership largely
from the Bakongo people. Both
groups have established head
quarters across the border in
Lkopoldville, as large numbers
of the Bakongo tribe live in the
Congo where they are under
the leadership of Congo Presi-
dent Kasavubu's Abako organi-
cation.
The UPA nationalist find
support among Lumumbists in
the Congo, and MIR. Alberto
denounces them and calls them
Communists. He added that
recently he had been shot and
slightly wounded by a Lumum-
Dist in Leopoldville in the pres
ence of United Nations troops
who did nothing to prevent it.
In addition to an enmity to-
ward African nationalist Ino4e-
ments in Angola the Mo- Bake
Party opposes the United Ma
tons attempt to end the seces-
sion of Katanga Province in
the Congo.
Mr.. Alberto's main concern
in the United States was to.
refute any testimony given to
the United Nations by two
African nationalist, Mr.. Ro-
oerto, UPA president. and
Mario de Andrade, president
of the Movement Populaire for
the Liberation of Angola
(MPLA). AS neither of these
men were called on during the
recent UN debate on Angola,
Ms-AlbsEta did not ask fo~--n
lUpportunlty to speak either, he
said.
Mr.. Alberto was raised in
an orphanage in Angola by a
Portuguese woman. Opportuni-
ties came to him to get good
deal of education, including
degree in international law
from the Sorbonne in Paris.
Much of his work with the
Bakongo people came when he
lived among them in the Congo
where he was employed as a
police chief by the former Bel
gian administration.
Following in line with the
sympathies Mr.. Alberto gained
for Europeans in his early en-
perience the Nto-Bako Party
seeks to cooperate with the
Portuguese in Angola. He calls
himself a Portuguese citizen and
says that citizenship has been
recently granted to all Africans
in Angola. even the former in
digenes africans considered
by the Portuguese as not yet
aSslmllated into Portuguese
culture).
Recently Mr.. Alberto d.
rected Portuguese Army troops
to northern Angolan villages
following the withdrawal of
rebel African forces, led largely
by the UPA. The Nto-Bako
Party is helping Portuguese
authorities to rehabilitate
devastated areas and to settle
some of the refugees who are
returning. Mr.. Alberto said.
During October of 1861 the
Portuguese declared a series of
reforms in the policy for Afri-
cans in Angola. Just before the
reforms came Mr.. Alberto had
the opportunity to talk to
Portuguese Premier Antonio de
Oliveira Salazar. He took no
credit for influencing DR.. Sala-
Ear; rather he said the changes
in policy came with the ap-
pointment of progressive"
new governor-general.
Since January of 1862; Mr..
Alberto says, everyone in An
COLA voted for seven African
representatives who sit in the
Portuguese National Assembly.
If the European Portuguese
were to leave Angola it would
revert to what it was before
white men came, Mr.. Alberto
contended. He opposed the
neighboring Congo Govern
ment of Premier Cyrille Adoula
and, any independent African
country where African nation
alism has driven the whites out
of government, he said. He de-
nounced African nationalisn
in Angola as being from the
outside and led by Commu-
nists."