Congolese ‘Students see page 17, ]
~ BELGIAN YOUTH OPPOSE THE PARATROOPER OFERAT ION”
[The following leaflet, printed in French on one ‘side and Flemish on the other, was distributed by students throughout Belgium, the day following the paratrooper operation in'the Congo, It. carries the title, "Stop the massacres in the Congo. ‘Stop the aggression of the Belgium Government. "Among other things, the leaf= let is noteworthy because it bears the signatures of both the pro- Moscow and pro Peking Communist youth organizations. ]
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The Belgian paratroopers have been launched on Stanleyville. This extremely grave fact culminates the process of direct military intervention: organized by Spaak* and his American masters against the | freedom forces in the Congo, PE
(1) In the first place, there was Belgian military intervention disguised in the form of technical aid, At the same time, the USA intervened more and more: openly (bombers, reconnaissance planes, hiring of pilots... ). The aim of the imperialists was clear: to
repress the freedom movement.
(2) Inéface of this open military intervention, the. Congo-~ lese revolutionists could not guarantee the safety of Belgian and American nationals any longer. The consuls of the two countries were well aware of this, moreover, because they were asked to stop the Belgian-American intervention as a preliminary for any negotiations on the fate of the “hostages.”
(3) The government organized the subsequent situation: It sent the paratroopera to Ascension allegedly to protect our nationals, an excellent pretext for participating in crushing the Congolese revolution. Yesterday, for "humanitarian reasons," the. paratroopers landéd in.Stanleyville. . The massacres at Bukavu, Uvira and Kivu demonstrated the "humanitarian concern of the interventionists."
Consequently, our organizations, on learning the news of the Belgian landing in Stanleyville:
Declare that the fate of the Belgian civilians in Stanleyville was nothing but a pretext for Belgian military intervention in the Congo, If the Belgian. government had actually wanted | to save: “the lives of. its nationals, it . rs
Would ‘immediately end. military aid to Tshombe «
Demanding, as a result, the immediate, unconditional withdrawal of all the Belgian paratroopers from the Congo,
Demanding, in addition, the halting af all. military aid to Tshombe,
Reaffirming their. support to the Belgian people struggling for real independence; and inviting all the Belgian and Congolese youth to unite in order to struggle together against the Belgian- American aggression in the Congo; the organizations listed below appeal to all the youth to demonstrate their solidarity concretely. with:.the Congolese people by participating. in the.
Demonstration of polldearity Thursday evening
Assemble at 6:45 Flagey Plaze. -
Down with the Lefévre-Spaak Rovernment.s responsible for the
. massacres!
Stop the Belgian-American intervention in the Congo!
Halt the war against the Congolese people!
Solidarity with the Congolese people struggling for their
freedom!
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Fédération Bruxelloise des Etudiants Socialistes, Fédération Bruxelloise des Jeunes Gardes Socialistes, Union. des Etudiants Communistes de Belgique, Union Nationale des: Etudiants Communistes,
Union des Jeunesses Communistes de Belgique, ‘Jeunesse: Communist de Belgique, -EtUnion des. Jeunes Juifs Progressistes joins with the youth organizations who are against the armed aggression of neocolontaliam in the.Congo. es
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