Fifteenth Session Fourth Committee http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.LOW31_298_01 Use of the Aluka digital library is subject to Aluka’s Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.aluka.org/page/about/termsConditions.jsp. By using Aluka, you agree that you have read and will abide by the Terms and Conditions. Among other things, the Terms and Conditions provide that the content in the Aluka digital library is only for personal, non-commercial use by authorized users of Aluka in connection with research, scholarship, and education. The content in the Aluka digital library is subject to copyright, with the exception of certain governmental works and very old materials that may be in the public domain under applicable law. Permission must be sought from Aluka and/or the applicable copyright holder in connection with any duplication or distribution of these materials where required by applicable law. Aluka is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of materials about and from the developing world. For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org Fifteenth Session Fourth Committee Alternative title A/C.4/447 Author/Creator United Nations General Assembly Publisher United Nations General Assembly Date 1960-10-27 Resource type Reports Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) South Africa, Namibia Coverage (temporal) 1960 Source University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Manuscripts Department at the Wilson Library. Southern Historical Collection #4340: Allard Kenneth Lowenstein Papers. Subseries 2.11. South West Africa Description Letter from the Permanent Representative of the Union of South Africa, with enclosures Format extent 18 pages (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.LOW31_298_01 http://www.aluka.org ATIO NS ATIO NS AL EMBLY U'4 A/C.4/447 27 October 1960 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH h session 0lv2ITTEE tern 43 QUESTION OF SOUTH 'EST AFRICA Note by the Secretariat: The following letter and enclosures are circulated to members of the Fourth Committee in accordance with a decision taken by the Committee at its 1025th meeting. New York, 20 Octc At the 1004ih meeting of the Fourth Committee on 6 October 1960, ,ter of External Affairs of the Union of South Africa, the Hon. Er extracts from letters written to persons in South West Africa and from Peking by certain petitioners on the South West Africa Questj '2inister undertook, at that time, to nake available to members of I -h Committee copies of these letters and broadcasts. I now enclose the documents listed below and have the honour to rE they be circulated to all members of the Fourth Committee for thei and a telegraii" from Sept. Oct. Dec. Dec. Feb. S. Nujona 1959 Ty Photostat of a letter and texts of Broadcasts-/ by ozonguizi Letter from London dated 14 Sept. 1959 to S. Nujoma Text of Radio Broadcast from Peking, on 19 August 1960 Text of Radio Broadcast from Peking on 28 August 1960 (Signed) B.G. FOURIE ENCLOSURES Copy of a letter dated 25 September 1959 from Mr. Kerina to Mr. Nuyoma J.J. (5) 69 (91) 28/12/59 9/25/59 Mr. Nuyoma, Everything is going on well here. South Africa and Britain lost. re going to speak before the UNO. I am sure that my wife has told you ything in her letter to you. I am going to press for COMPULSORY JUDGINT ae Court. I am also hoping to meet with Mr. Kozonguizi to talk intimately t what we could do in terms of positive action besides the UNO. Primarily, epend on us. The UNO will help us if we try to do something for ourself. is the reason why I say you are doing well. Just keep on moving. As as you change the name of the OPO to the SW African Congress try to id it to Angola. We cannot leave our people to die in the hands of the iguese. Mr. Nuyoma, continue to attack the Government openly in public. Do not stop. In the mean-time, as soon as I think of something important I will inform you. Refuse to move to the new location. Tell the people not to move. I will you a statement which you should read to them and translate it into Ovambo, ro, Nama etc. Also try to organize Mass Public Meetings every Saturday. Talk to the Le tell them to stand together. 2. Copy of a letter dated 17 October 1959 from Mr. Iburumba Kerina to Mr. Nuyoma 2/ KK 28/12/59 (lo4) KK 71 Oct. 17/59 Dear, Mr. Nuyora, We are working very hard here at the UN 0. We have also asked the UNO to appeal to the S.A. Government to release Mr. Toivo and to have him allowed to travel to the Police Zone to seek good work. The S.A. walked out of the meet as soon as we began to speak. The were all the time absent. Of course, the returned after all of us have spoken. Apparently they were afraid of us. At any rate keep the people together. Do not move from the location. Refuse completely. Also, do inform me of the proposal I made to you. Greetings. (Signed) Mburumba Kerina 1. Copy of an air letter dated 9 December 1959 from Mr. and Mrs. Iburumba Ke: 1506 Second Avenue, NYC 21, N.Y., to Mr. Sam Nujoma, P.O. Box 1071, Windh( South West Africa G.G. (1) 65 28/12/59 Dec. 9, 1959 Dear Mr. Nujona, We received your letter and clippings yesterday and thank you very much them. We appreciate very much all that you are doing to keep us informed and that you continue to send us such news and clippings particularly those of thE Suidwester and Suidwest Afrikaner. We receive the Advertiser by subscription it arrives five to seven weeks after publication. Therefore we would appreci, receiving anything which you think should have our immediate attention as sooi it appears in print. We agree wholeheartedly with what you say about who our worst enemies are -- And the fact that they have the press at their disposal i them doubly dangerous because they can sew dissention among us before we can I at the close of the G.A. session this weekend and will see to his future plans. Mr. Kozonguizi also helped us on this case by paying for the long distance phone calls and telegrams that were necessary to find and help Mr. Gebliel. We are happy to hear that you are continuing in your efforts to obtain legal assistance for Mr. Toivo. We are sure that you are leaving no stone unturned in your effortE to secure his freedom. On the subject of location removals we can only advise <you to continue in your efforts to encourage the people in their firm attitude not to move. On such an issue as this, on which the people must maintain their unity and firmness, our whole case can be established or lost. We must stand united and refuse to move. If the administration is forced to use violence they will show their true character to the world. We do not want to see one drop of African blood shed, but we must face that possibility and make the most of it. There is one thing which help and which we suggest be commenced immediately. That is this. Each person whose house is evaluated and who is forced to sign should individually send a petition on behalf of his family (stating the number of people involved) to the U.N. stating the date on which the evaluation is made; his determination not to go; the unreasonableness of the govt.; and his knowledge that African blood is about to be shed because the administration is determined to move the people by force. You must stress the urgency of the situation and the fact that U.N. is being informed so that this ultimate conflict can be avoided. Several hundred petitions should flood the U.N. immediately'. '' We leave the rest to you please also inform the people at Walvis Bay to follow this same course. As many petitions as possible should be dispatched to U.N. as soon as possible. But above all - make every effort to achieve and maintain unity on this issue. We are preparing an article for the January issue of Fighting Talk. Please send me a copy of the letter to the Editor of the Advertiser. Our copy has been misplaced. As soon as more funds are available here we shall send you more information from U.N. along with a newsletter stating our evaluation of the session and an outline of our program for the next several months. Now - here is something which we would like your comments on but we think it is premature to discuss it widely at this time. We suggest that A/C.4/447 English Page 5 Kerinas) establishing a S.W.A. Liberation Committee or Liberation Front with a headquarters in Africa (possibly Liberia) and branch in N.Y. to influence the U.N. Our purpose would be primarily for propaganda and information to influence world public opinion and most important to obtain governmental support for our struggle from sympathetic sources. We shall also have to obtain funds for transportation to have our representatives go directly to leaders of govts. and organizations such as All Africa People's Conf. and Africa Asia Solidarity Conf. and to send our people to U.N. What we think is needed is an effectively functioning outside organization as well as active territorial organizations which can coordinate objectives and programs so that we can obtain mximum benefit from every situation which will arise It is imperative that we fight this battle on all fronts.