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Mr. Khrushchev as well as Mr. Kennedy.
No doubt this attitude pays off!
I think that the key to the red-tinted
neutralism of the new nations is in its
leaders. All of them, without exception,
have matriculated from the jails of the
former colonial rulers. It even looks as if
these jails were essential in establishing
the true leaders in the eyes of the people.
Naturally, one cannot expect a great deal
of love from these people for the West.
They are at best neutralists 'a la Nehru, if
not outright commies; then they have
more sympathy for the reds than for their
former overlords.
Actually, communism has the greatest
appeal to the new leaders as a means of
solidifying their originally shaky power.
Typical is Ghana, where Dr. Kwame
Nkruma is not only President, but the
"Osagyeto" leader reminding us of 'fuh-
rer' or 'duce!' His image is plastered all
over town, even on coins and postage
stamps. He calls himself the "father" of
his people. All political opponents have
been either jailed or exiled. All-in-all, this
is a typical dictatorship, be it as yet with-
out the harsh and oppressive measures of
the genuine commies. But it could be
different. The death of Lumumba in the
Congo prevented a repeat performance in
that nation.
At this very moment the ports are
closed due to a strike of dock workers
protesting the compulsary "savings"
newly ordered, a 5 per cent of their wages
over and above the income tax, an old
communist trick.
It is promised that the amount saved
can be cashed in after 10 years, but few
have confidence that this promise will be
kept. But listen to this appeal to the
strikers in an official proclamation of yes-
terday, which states in typical communist
fashion: "We salute all workers who took
our advice and resumed work. But, coun-
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last three words form a banner headline
across an entire page), and it continues;
"foreign enemies, emissaries, agents, plot-
ters, saboteurs, internal detractors and
traitors, confusionists and obstructionists
are doomed." All this did not open the
ports a day later.
Thus it appears that workers protesting
a pay cut are suddenly traitors, saboteurs
and enemies. It is interesting how Nkru-
mah follows the red line. Protesting a pay
cut in a capitalist country is a glorious
march to progress; but at home the same
thing is a treacherous act of sabotage, de-
serving to be crushed with all the power
of the state.
I believe that it is very convenient for
internal purposes for the leaders of the
new nations to follow the communist line,
because it insures the stabilization and
even perpetuation of their original power.
Instead of free elections they have the
one-party system, using the red mumbo-
jumbo that theirs is the true people's
democracy. The Africans are not yet wise
to these tricks, although there are signs
that they will in time. Yet, all is not dark
for the West out here.
I went around and moved freely in
daytime and by evening in the city streets,
as one white man amidst a thousand
blacks, and people were friendly and help-
ful everywhere. They were ready to dis-
cuss various matters I brought up in hotels
and cafes. I made it clear from the start
that I came from the U.S.A. Our asset is
a lot of good will in the people, who have
a remarkable sense of feeling of what is
going on. The atmosphere of friendship
is unmistakable, just as an air of hostility
can be sensed immediately.
We should never forget that the strug-
gle for world domination between the
rival Western and Communist ideologies
is meaningless here. Matters of life and
death for us barely have their interest.
They are vitally interested in their own
survival, which is about as heavy a load as
anyone can carry. The struggle of the
foreign ideologies hardly touches the peo-
ple, except where it influences their own
destiny.SOUTHWEST RETORT
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