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Since then, they built a proposed blockinggroup of 15. Two days ago, the original plan hit asnag when two more girls asked to come into theblock, and now things may change. But they can'tchange too much--in the eyes of Harvard's lotterysystem, 17 might as well...
...federation's tiny sultanates, and his hard-eyed young nephew, Feisal. What outside support they have, if any, remains their secret. FLOSY, on the other hand, boasts a stable of well-known politicians and administrators, led by Abdul Qawee Mackawee, 48, onetime Chief Minister of Aden, and Abdullah Asnag, 32, former boss of Aden's powerful trades unions. For the past five months, FLOSY has operated a government in exile, complete with a full shadow Cabinet, a capital in the Yemeni city of Taiz, and operating headquarters in Cairo...
Your story on the British colony of Aden [Oct. 5] described Abdullah Asnag, secretary of the Aden Trades Union Congress, as "Red-lining," a shorthand phrase which I take to mean that Mr. Asnag is a Communist or a fellow traveler or a follower of the Communist Party line...
...fellow trade unionists in the I.C.F.T.U. have found Mr. Asnag is an outstanding labor leader about whom the British government may be unhappy, but there is a large difference between fighting the colonial policies of the British government and being a "Redlining" unionist...
...council nevertheless passed the federation plan, which must now be approved by Britain's Parliament and will probably be enacted by March 1963. Abdullah Asnag, released from prison, vowed continued resistance. Said Middle East Command's CinC, Air Marshal Sir Charles Elworthy: "Terrorism doesn't frighten me. This command is on continuous twelve-hour alert for action anywhere, and it can operate regardless of any misguided campaign here. Aden is the only rampart between the Mediterranean and Singapore, and ours is the only force defending Western interests in the Middle East...