APPLAUSE AMONG THESE BELG LAN WORKER'S: FOR CONGO OPERATION “The belt- line workers on the 2 to 10 o'clock and 7:30 to 4 oftclock shifts at Cockerill-Ougrée, Belgium's biggest plant, stopped work November 25, the day after Belgian paratroopers landed at Stanleyville, to discuss. the events in the Congo. wee They passed a resolution in which they: ° Opposed foreign intervention, most particularly Belgian intervention in the Congo. e Called for the immediate withdrawal of Belgian forces from the Congo, the paratroopers and others who risk causing the death of 600 Belgian nationals still remaining in the Stanleyville region. .® Denounced the attitude of the government in levelling ° threats of expulsion against the leaders of the Congolese students in Belgium because they spoke out against the Belgian intervention in the Congo. 2 Expressed fear that the government attitude mi ght provoke the extension of the conflict to such proportions as to threaten peace in Atrica. “e@ “ixpressed ‘solidarity ° with the Congolese people “in their struggle for independence.
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