African Activist Archive

Program and budget of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) for 1970. The report says the Board has approved a budget of $188,861.69 for the Committee in 1970; this year ACOA will give major attention to the struggle for freedom in Mozambique and the other Portuguese colonies of Africa; and the struggle in South Africa, Rhodesia, or South West Africa will not be forgotten. The report discusses a campaign is to end American military support for Portuguese colonial domination and to discourage growing U.S. economic involvement, particularly through the Gulf Oil Co. The report discusses the Washington Office and says special emphasis this year will be on ending South Africa's sugar quota and ending the U.S. - Portugal military alliance. The report says the Africa Defense and Aid Fund helps finance and service assistance to African organizations engaged in the struggle for freedom, including aid to petitioners to the United Nations and working with representatives of the liberation movements; assistance to refugees, political prisoners, and their dependents; and emergency assistance to students and to African student organizations in the United States. • A Major Emphasis in 1970 • Research, Education, and Literature • Washington Office • Field Work • Special Projects • Africa Defense and Aid Fund and Related Work • Membership, Policy Making, and Administration • Summary Budget

African Activist Archive

PROGRAM and BUDGET, 1970 of the American Committee on Africa

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