NATIONALISTS BACK VIETNAMESE CAUSE
[The Ethiopian People's Movement Council issued the following press release April 12.]
As was announced recently, the Saigon puppet regime has opened an embassy as well as a press agency at Addis Ababa, the “Capital of African Unity." It has also been announced that Iran Van Tuyen, vice-president of the puppet government, is leaving Saigon for a trip to various African countries as part of a propaganda campaign in favor of the American imperialist war actions in Southeast Asia in general and in South Vietnam in particular. - In
addition it was revealed that Addis Ababa had been chosen as the point of departure for American-Saigon propaganda in Africa due to the "politically important role" played by the Ethiopian capital,
The latest news makes clear the pro-imperialist character of the policy followed by the “imperial" feudal government of Ethiopia in international relations. This government had already taken a similar position with regard to Korea and the Congo while claiming to defend the principle of "collective security" and adopting an attitude of so-called "moderation" in African affairs in general,
Having already established diplomatic relations with the puppet government of South Korea, the Ethiopian autocracy now counts on doing the same with the equally subservient government of South Vietnam, the aim being to bolster the war propaganda of the Yankee imperialists and their lackeys in Africa and to undermine the feeling of sympathy and solidarity felt by the African masses for the heroic and valiant people of South Vietnamand their vanguard, the National Liberation Front.
_ ‘The opening of such an "embassy" in Addis Ababa signifies
intensification of this alliance between Yankee imperialism and the feudal clique ruling Ethiopia and their machinations to distract the attention of the Ethiopian masses away from the goals they have chosen. But the Ethiopian people are not so easily duped by maneuvers of this kind and they will not cease to support the national liberation struggle of the South Vietnamese people.
In face of the plot between the United States and Haile Selassie, the Ethiopian People's Movement Council condemns the action of the imperial feudal regime which seeks to assist the antipopular activities of the Saigon puppets, and it expressly opposes the establishment of a South Vietnamese embassy in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian People's Movement Council expresses its solidarity with the South Vietnamese people and declares that it is ready to participate actively in the national liberation struggle of our brothers in South Vietnam.
The Ethiopian People's Movement Council views the opening of a South Vietnamese "embassy" in Addis Ababa as an example of the intrigue against the continent of Africa and it warns that it will reply to this measure in a hostile way,
The Ethiopian People's Movement Council, as the vanguard of the masses of Ethiopian workers, likewise condemns the bombing of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. It categorically condemns the attempts of the Johnson administration to dupe public opinion in Ethiopia and throughout the world by its offer of “unconditional discussions" which only reflects its hypocrisy. The Ethiopian People's Movement Council likewise demands the immediate withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam and a halt to the bombing of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as well as complete respect for
the Geneva agreement of 1954 and the right of the Vietnamese people to. unity and national independence. .-
Long live the friendship of the Vietnamese and Bthiopian peoples!
Down with the feudalists!
Down with imperialism!
STHLALI-MTSHIZANA