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injured. Three Ghanaian officials
have been arrested under Ghana's
Preventive Detention Act, accused
of completely in the first bombing.
They are Ako Adjei, former for
eign minister; Tawua Adamafio,
former information minister, and
H. Cofie-Crabbe, former executive
secretary for Nkrumah's Conven-
ton Peoples Party
THE PLAN to kill DIR. Nkrumah
has been unofficially labeled a full
scale Russian plot to gain a foot
hold in Africa. According to re-
ports, the plan was to kill NlSru-
nah, name. the British the as
sasins, then follow-up the take
over with the aid Of anti-Nkru-
nah Ghanaians. Adjei and Adma-
flo were named as parties In the
plot, with the former information
minister fingered to replace Nkru-
nah.
A British-made grenade was
said to have been used in the first
bombing. 1t landed near Nl1ru-
mah's feet as he stepped from his
car. Only the alert action Of Cap
tain s. A. Buchanan, one Of the
Presidents bodyguards, save d
Nkrumah's life. Buckman heard a
thud, kicked the grenade away,
and quickly gathered the mem
bers Of Nkrumah's party around
him, forming a human shelter. It
was noted, that Adamafio, who
was in the official party managed
to stay a safe distance Of some
100 feet way from Nkrumah at
the time of the explosion.
RECENT REPORTS indicate
that the number of jobless whites
is on the rise in Kenya, scheduled
to gain its independence from
Great Britain In 1868. The reports
say that there is a growing num-
Der Of destitute and semi-destitute
in Kenya who are hard
pressed and who cannot, these
days, get work in competition with
Africans. A small but obvious class
Of poor whites" Is being created
In the colony's capital city Of Nair-
obi. There are probably fifty or
sixty such people in Nairobi," a
Kenya newspaper noted recently.
THE VALIDITY Of such re-
ports, which tend to express SYM
pathy for Europeans, Is often ques-
toned both inside Africa and
abroad. Moreover, If only so Euro
peans in Nairobi are faced with
hard-luck, this Is no way cora-
pares with the number Of Kenya
Africans who have long known the
feeling Of being on the bottom
rung Of the economic ladder in
their homeland.
THREE MEN have appeared be-
fore the High Court in Adds Alb
aba, Ethiopia, charged with e.
pionage and supplying secret in
to q foreign state, ac-
cor1ing to AMP correspondent
David A. Talbot. It Is alleged that
the three have been engaged in
secret activities since 1861. The
three, Alto Shiferaw Inchalew,
Balambaras Ibrahim Issa, and
Kegnasmach Kelef Shewal, all en-
ployees Of the Ethiopian Ministry
Of Interior, have been remandsd
to appear later with an attorney
Of their choice. They pleaded not
guilty -.
ACCORDING TO the charge,
Alto Shiferaw Inchalew Is accused
Of collecting confidential inform
alton, passing 1t to the second ac-
cused, Balambaras Ibrahim Issa,
who, in turn, 1t Is alleged, turned
over this information to the First
Secretary Of a foreign embassy in
Ethiopia who paid money for this
It is reported that
Balambaras Ibrahim Issa is the
father-in-law Of the First Secre-
tary Of the foreign embassy. The
identity Of the embassy or the
name Of the First Secretary has
not yet been disclosed.
THE PRIME MINISTER'S of
four new countries are attending
the Commonwealth Prime Minis
ters conference in London for the
first time. The new states, Sierra
Leone and Tanganyika, In Africa,
and Jamaica and Trinidad -Tobago,
in the West Indies, bring the pres
ent membership Of the Common
wealth to fifteen. Also, for the
first time, and because Of the tre-
mendous importance to them Of
Britain's desire to Join the Euro
pean Common Market, six terri
tories not yet independent /.
Uganda, Kenya, Malta, British
Guiana, Singapore and Hong Kong
ARE attending the conference.
Uganda's Independence Is slated
for October Q. Of this year. r'-