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NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Phone 9-5247 THRSDAY Date DECEMBER 8, 1966 WGBY Radio (1340) TV (Ch. 8) Sukarno Implicated At Military Tribunal Tough Times Probable JAKARTA,INDONESIA-President Sukarno was informed about increased communist activit- SALISBURYRHODESIA(By Anthony White) Rhodesian Industrial- ies before last years abor- lists braced themselves today for tougher times ahead as the tive coup,a special military United Nations Security Council prepared to take up Britain's tribunal heard here today. case door tightening the economic screws on this landlocked Brigadier General Sunarjo, rebel regime. former deputy Attorney Gen- The apparent attitude of businessmen here contrasted with eral, told the court he re- assurances from Prine Minister [an Smith that tougher sanct- ported to Sukarno on mount- ions would have no more effect than the voluntary sanctions ing activities by the Indon- now in effect. esian Communist Party, now Until they know the full extent of the sanctions it is dif- broken and disbanded. ficult to speculate individually on the long-term impact to The witness said that he Rhodesia's economy. did not react to his re- But signs of public apprehension about the possible effect ports. have come from the Association of Rhodesian Industries, rep- Former Indonesian Air resenting some of the country's most influential businessmen. Force Commander Omar Dhani, After meeting in the Industrial town of Bulawayo yesterday 42, is on trial for his the association said in a statement that mandatory sanctions ife before the tribunal, "cannot fail to have further adverse effects on the economy accused of complicity in the and further stultify development objectives." unsuccessful coup. The association also said a political settlement to the Brigadier General Sunarjo (Continued on page 4 said that he and the Pres- ident went to Halim Airbase Sra Si s O Assets 16 kilometers East of Jakar- ta, October last year--the UAMASCUSSYRIA(AP) Syria's Socialist regime announced to- day of the attempted coup. day it has seized all assets of the Western-owned IRA Petro- The President was angry leum Company (IPC) in Syria, including the pipeline that car- after receiving reports on rides Iraq's oil to the Mediterranean. the killing of six army gen- A communique broadcast by Damascus radio said the pipeline erals by the coup forces, and other company property was taken over at 9 am. for pay- Last night Corporal Djadja meant of transit royalties due for this year. Surja gave evidence that IPC officials will be allowed to continue running the pipe- Dhani had ordered the use of line under supervision of four committees set up by Syria's Air Force weapons in the ministry of finance, the communique said. revolt.' The measure followed the collapse of negotiations between The corporal said he took Syria and the IPC which ran from Sept. 10 to Nov. 16. 300 light weapons including Syria broke off the talks then and threatened to take Chinese-made sub-machine action against the company, which is owned by British, French guns from the Air Force arm- Dutch and American interest. ament depot. (Continued on page4 (Continued on page 4 ) V N Bombings Continue Despite Ground Lu SAIGON(AP)(By Robert Tuckman) High flying B52 bombers pounded a Viet Cong jungle base 25 miles northwest of Saigon today, opening a new campaign to clear the enemy fromaround South Vietnam's cSapital. The clearance campaign was launched in the wake of the bold suicide attack last weekend :Saigon's Tan Son Nhut Air Base. SThe B52 target was believed to be the base from which the Viqt Cong mount terror and in- attacks on the capital.Theltration In the ground war, only small patrol skirmishes again were reported, a situation that has (Continued on page 4) GITMO GAZETTE PAGE 2 DECEMBER 8, 1966 NEWS SPECIALS NEW DELHI,(AP) (By Joe McGowan Jr.) The rains returned this summer to drought-striken India But they quit too soon, and now the spector of starvation looms again over the subcontinent. The drought this year was nowhere near as bad as that in 1965, when India suffered the se- greater verest dry spell in a century. But a combination of factors this year poses a much was faced in the danger qf starvation for large numbers of people in the months ahead than past year. There appears to be a very real possibility that hundreds, perhaps thousands, may die of despite the best efforts of the Indian government and foreign countries. This feeling hunger India. is reinforced in private talks with Indfan agricultural officials and with Westerners in A bit of background explanation is necessary to make clear the present situation: In 1964-65, India enjoyed a bumper crop of nearly 90 million tons of food grains (mostly wheat and rice), which are virtually the entire diet of India's masses. In 1965-66, almost the entire nation was affected by drought. The crop fell short of needs by approximately 17 million tons. At this point the United States stepped in. One of the world's greatest commercial sea- lifts moved an average of 1.2 million tons per month of American surplus food grains halfway around the world to Indian ports. Other countries shipped in with grains, powdered milk, vitamins and food packages. As a result, not one starvation death was officially recorded. The key to this, however,was that millions of peasants had hoarded small quantities of grain from the previous good 'crop year. Officials estimate that this uncounted reserve totaled more than 5 million tons. Added to the 12 million tons the United States shipped in, India's needs were met. But now the personal reserves have been used up so no backlog is available. In addition, America's grain reserves are depleted and there is a question whether another 12-millionton year will be possible. Worst of all, this year's drought was centralized in Bihar State, eastern Uttaj Pradesh and northern Madhya Pradesh, a large area in east central India between New Delhi and Calcutta. This area is poorly administered, has a poor transportation system, and cannot count on much help from neighboring states which for political reasons dare not part with their surpluses. Indian and"Western officials acknowledge it will be difficult to get the required amount of food grain into the stricken area. Thus, a picture which looked good until as recently as September, when rains were falling has now deteriorated into one of desperation. Indian officials told the American Embassy' earlier this year thpt 5 million, perhaps as much as 9 million tons of grains would be needed to carry fhe country through the 1966-67 season. Now the estimate hovers at about 12 million tons. One high-ranking official said 60 to 70 million persons are in the worst-affected area and that if nothing was done to aid them "almost half would die." UNITED NATIONS (AP)(By Reinhard M. Sorge) A petitioner from Mozambique predicted that the Podrtuguese.would "soom be.liquidated" intbeir African territotee. Addressing the Trusteeship Committee of the General Assembly Sheik Mohammad Khan, represen- tative of the Central Committee of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) also voiced strong condemnation of Catholic missions in the area. FRELIMO's Central Committee is operating from the United Arab Republic. His resistance group, Khan said, had been operating in Mozambique for two years and had swelled from a handful of fighters to a force of 7,000 men who have an area twice the size of Portugal under their control. Replying to a question from Zambia he stated the missionaries were "doing nothing else but to help the Portuguse in their oppressions." The Mozambiquan people, he continued, were "sim- ple servants of the Portuguese. Education was inadequate and there were still 99 percent il- letrates in the country. "We are regarded as animals. If we ask they tell us to eat grass',' he said. Under these conditions, he claimed, the missionaries were helping authorities keep the Afri- can population calm. They did not allow the Africans to read the bible, he added. Africans could only read the catechism. They were told to remain poor to be able to pass into a better land. The petitioner also charged that the missioners were abusing the sacrement of confession serving as informers to the Portuguese authorities. In the first half of this year, he stated, Portugal had moved 14,000 men of its forces from Lisbon to the African territories. Nevertheless, he added, Portugal had not been able to maintain full control of these terri- tories. One-fifth of Mozambiqe and Angola and more than half of Portuguese Guinea were under the control of the insurgents. In the area of Mozambique controlled by the Liberation Front education was already farsup (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) PAGE 3 DECEMBER 8 , 1966 GITMO GAZETTE UNITED NATIONS (CONT'D) 0erior to that in the Portuguese areas. Quoting a statement from a Portuguese corporal, who allegedly deserted to the Liberation ront, he said that Portuguese soldiers were badly treated by their officers. Some forces were of these, demoralized. Concluding his statement he appeared for assistance to the African insurgents in the three territories. A number of African nations as well as the Soviet Union and Bulgaria, immediately expressed their support and sympathy for the petitioner. A resolution condeming Portugal has been submitted by the Afro-Asian group. JESSEL, SCHOOL OF MUSIC BAND HERE Two fine groups of entertainers will be performing here the rest of this week. The GEORGE JESSEL SHOW will appear on WGBY- TV this evening at 5:30 and at 7:30 tonight will kick off a series of six separate shows with a performance at the NAS Lyceum.