ANGERS STATE DEPARTMENT
When. Kwame Nkrumah's latest book, Neocolonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism, was published in Engiand last Noven-. ber, it caused a furor in Washington,
Assistant Secretary of State G. Mennen Williams summoned the Ghanian Ambassador to: "most forcefully protest" its publication. He took umbrage at what he termed the "completely unwar- | ranted charges against the United States" made by the head of the Ghanian government in his book.
The State Depertment decided that this sharp diplomatic action was not enough. The. whole population of Ghana must. be made to suffer. Two days after the protest was lodged, the Ghanian Foreign Ministry was informed that the United States | had rejected. a reyguest from Ghana for $127,V700,000 1n surplus | food over the next seven years.
“When given an: opportunity by. reporters to. deny that this act was in retaliation for.the publication of the book, the State Department spokesman replied. with:a "no comment.". 7
Probably the worst offense. ‘committed by Nkrumah, as _ weighed on the State Department scales,. is. the exposure of how U.S. finance capital operates in Africa and how it: is helped. by such agencies as the Peace Corps, the United States. Intormation Agency, and the of fficialdom of the AFL-CIO.
Nkrumah' s book: has" now been scheduled for. publication in the U.S. It should enjoy: brisk. sales -- as is the case with. most books listed: by: reaction as. ‘prohibited reading.
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