The report discusses American Committee on Africa (ACOA) 20th year of supporting African Independence. It says the United Nations voted to grant observer status to the major liberation movements in the Portuguese colonies: FRELIMO in Mozambique, MPLA and FNLA in Angola, and PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau. The U.S. entered into a pact with Portugal to give $435 million in aid and credits in return for five years continued use of its air base in the Azores. The general strike by Namibian mine workers that erupted in late 1971 continued well into 1972 demonstrated the resistance to oppressive South African rule there. The report discusses ACOA President Judge William Booth, the International Commission...
The report discusses American Committee on Africa (ACOA) 20th year of supporting African Independence. It says the United Nations voted to grant observer status to the major liberation movements in the Portuguese colonies: FRELIMO in Mozambique, MPLA and FNLA in Angola, and PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau. The U.S. entered into a pact with Portugal to give $435 million in aid and credits in return for five years continued use of its air base in the Azores. The general strike by Namibian mine workers that erupted in late 1971 continued well into 1972 demonstrated the resistance to oppressive South African rule there. The report discusses ACOA President Judge William Booth, the International Commission of Jurists, Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa, and United Church of Christ. The report discusses two U.S. firms that jointly control the Tsumeb mine in Namibia, American Metals Climax and Newmont Mining, and Union Carbide Corporation and Foot Mineral Company, which both own chrome mines in Rhodesia. Congress passed the Byrd Amendment to allow imports from Rhodesia breaching the UN sanctions on Rhodesia. The report says ACOA was instrumental in the exclusion of the Rhodesian team for the 1972 Olympics. It also discusses the Washington Office on Africa and Edgar Lockwood. It also discusses Marcelino dos Santos, Vice President of the Mozambique Liberation From (FRELIMO); Thami Mhlambiso of the African National Congress (ANC); David Sibeko of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC); Peter Mueshihange and Peter Katjavivi of the South West African Peoples Organization (SWAPO); Charles Kuraisa of the South West African National Union; Bishop Abel Muzorewa, President of the African National Council; Richard Hovey of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU); Jane Ngwenya of the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU); George Sangumba of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA); and Bishop Auala. It includes a statement on the assassination on January 20, 1973 of Dr. Amilcar Cabral, Secretary General of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC)• YEAR-END REVIEW • The Portuguese Colonies • Namibia (South West Africa) • Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) • South Africa • PROVIDING SERVICES • Research and Information • In Washington • Meetings • The Africa Fund • FINANCE • STATEMENT ON THE ASSASSINATION OF AMILCAR CABRAL • AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON AFRICA • EXECUTIVE BOARD
