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The following press release was issued by the United Secretariat of the Fourth International February 20:
"De Gaulle's intervention in the internal affairs of Gabon through the use of French troops in Libreville yesterday is a brazen revival of gunboat diplomacy,
"The swiftness with which French impcrialism reacted to the attempt in Gabon at a military coup d'état, casts a most revealing light on the servile character of the government of Léon Mba, This is obviously a puppet governmcnt entrusted with preserving French exploitation of Gabonts rich minoral and forest wealth at. the expense of the Gabonesc people, :
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HANDS OFF GABON!
The following press release was issued by the United Secretariat of the Fourth International February 20:
"De Gaullets intervention in the internal affairs of Gabon | . through the use of French troops in Libreville yesterday is a brazen revival of gunboat diplomacy.
"The swiftness with which French impcrialism reacted to the attempt in Gabon at a military coup d'état, casts a most revealing light on the servile character of the government of Léon Mba, This is obviously a puppet government entrusted with preserving French exploitation of Gabonts rich mincral and forest wealth ot the expense of the Gabonese people,
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"As justification for this brazen intervention in the internal affairs of a country granted its independence in 1960, reference is meade to the recent British intervention in the internal affairs of Tanganyika, Uganda and Kenya where imperialist troops were employed to bolster the neocolonialist governments there,
"The question that is really raised, however, is whether the use of French troops in Gabon, following the use of British troops in East Africa, does not signify a new phase in imperialist domination of Africa -- the resumption of naked use of force on an increased scale,
“Another grave question is implied -- if France:and Britain can get away with it in Africa, won't this encourage the U, Se to try it in Cuba and elsewhere in Latin America?
"Freedom fight ers in Africa and throughout the world must consider the ominous implications of these recent imperialist power plays, and step up their own struggles accordingly.
"Get the imperialist troops out of Gabon, Tanganyika, Uganda and Kenyal -
"Hands off the newly independent countries}"