I k AFRICA
16 January 1964
This shows undoubtedly that People's China is supporting the oppressed
people's struggle of national independence and against colonialism
and neocolonialism headed by the United States." Tsinyane sternly
condemned the U.S. atrocities committed in Panama and supported the
Panamanian people for the recovery of their canal.
Speaking of Chairman Mao!s statement, Lawrence Mqweba, representative
of the Pan-Africanist Congress of South Africa, said:  "It represents
the feelings of the oppressed throughout the world." He said:  "The
Panamanian people are struggling for freedom from U.S. domination. We
support them and support the oppressed peoples' struggle against U.S.
imperialism."
Representatives in Accra
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(Excerpts) Accra, 13 January—The representatives in Accra of several
African nationalist parties enthusiastically support Chairman Mao
Tse-tung's statement, which calls for the unity of the peoples throughout
the world to oppose U.S. imperialism and support the Panamanian people's
patriotic struggle.
Mazunzo M. Bobo, representative of the Mozambique African People's
Anti-Imperialist United Front, told NCNA here today that Chairman
Mao's statement "demonstrates the firm stand of the Chinese people
and their consistent support for the Panamanian people in their
just struggle." After quoting Chairman Mao's remark on the unity of
all peoples in various continents of the world to oppose U.S.
imperialism, he said:  "The people of the world who are being exploited
and oppressed must unite in order to isolate the U.S. ruling     J .
clique. . . . We demand an early withdrawal of the U.S. troops from      .
Panama,, and the administration of the Panama Canal must be returned to
the Panamanian people."
E.L. Ntloedibe, representative of the Pan-Africanist Congress of
South Africa, told NCNA:  "We South African freedom fighters fully
endorse Chairman Mao's statement. The imperialists cannot oppress
a nation all the time.  The Panamanian people are rising against oppression
and exploitation by the United Spates. We support the Panamanian
people's stand." Ntloedibe said that the United States "is engaged in
spreading capitalist influence over the world and in inspiring riots
and coups to undermine people*s governments.  We have seen this in
several African countries, particularly in the Congo." "There is
only one answer: that is to mobilize all the peace-loving people of
the world to fight as a solid front against the warmongers, the
U.S. imperialists," he said.