demonstrations in the Sudan, which reached almost the proportions of an uprising, ended with deep fissures in governing circles and considerable: concessions te: ‘the masses who had poured into the’ streets. a . Poy .
After five days “rioting, " Khartoum was reported quiet October 27, General Ibrahim Abboud had dissolved the ruling military junta and dismissed his cabinet.
The general managed to stay on as the president but with sharply curtailed powers. A fourteen-man. civilian group was in power. It appointed Sirr-el Khain el Khalifa as premier, announced that a new constitution would be written and called for the restor~ ation of civil liberties and a foreign policy “opposed to imperialism and alliances,"
The Associated Press claimed that the Communist party had emerged as a "major force" in the Sudan because four Communist leaders were included in the new government, According to a November 1 AP round-up of the news, the Communist party “encouras ed" the "spontaneous" demonstrations and began working for a “national front" to "overthrow the regime.'
"Gen. Abboud reacted with unexpected vigor," continues the news agency. "Army reinforcements poured into the city." Violence continued in Khartoum but by the week end the army controlled the streets.
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cor "The front then called for a general strike -- which was totally effective, cutting telegraph communications with the outside world, closing the airfield, closing shops. and | veven forcing army technicians clumsily to man the radio station.’
Gen. Abboud was prepared to go on the air with "threats of a total military takeover unless the riots and strike ended." But after the speech was taped, “he faced revolt within his. own ranks, Young officers, whose leadership is StiII uncléar, ordered guards around: the houses of all members of Gen. -Abbouds military. govern-
‘The general then. "cave | in,! "He "announced the end of the _ military government and called in representatives of the national front to name a civilian government. n
The new government has promised to call a "constituent assem bly" and to establish a democratic regime, . Its. foreign policy will .be one of "nonalignment." In addition, Premier Khalifa announced. that 500 political prisoners.will be freed, oo
The Beirut correspondent of the Daily Telegraph cabled the London paper October 27, giving his estimate of what had happened: "The Sudan has been shaken by the worst upheavals there since Kitchener reconquered the. country 65 years. ago, The Moslem north joined the Negro south ina rising geainst ‘the six-year military dictatorship headed by Gen. Abboud . " .
With this promising: peginning, the Sudanese ‘people have demonstrated that they, too, want to catch up with the twentieth century. The next stages of the struggle may prove to be not long delayed. — weeps od "
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