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...only chief of state to attend was Liberia's President William V.S. Tubman, who had taken over the entire fleet (two DC-3s) of the Liberian National Airways to airlift himself, his party and his 3,500 Ibs. of luggage (including a portable flagpole). By the time the Moroccan Foreign Minister arrived that night, Accra had a full house. It was a little disappointing that only one chief of state had shown, but with the exception of South Africa-which would not come unless colonial powers were invited-all of Africa's independent states, Arab and black, were...
...week's end, the conference passed a resolution giving to Algerian rebels just about everything they asked. Equally important: Ghana, Liberia and Ethiopia, which had hitherto expressed only vague solidarity, seemed ready to offer material help, probably in the form of food. All in all, Yazid, who officially should not have been at Nkrumah's conference at all, came close to stealing the African Personality show...
...delegates came from 21 African countries, from French, English, Belgian and Portuguese colonies, from such independent states as Ghana, Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia and the Union of South Africa. They included Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Dutch Reformed and "soldiers" of the Salvation Army. The ten days they spent together aired out many a mind that had been shut up in tribal parochialism. Said Anglican Archdeacon Erisa K. Masaba: "We in Uganda don't accept the Christians from our neighboring territory of Kenya as real Christians. For me it is a surprise to see members of different churches worshiping together...
...vote of 66-0 with a single abstention--Liberia--the 82-nation Assembly approved a recommendation of its Steering Committee that it take up the Syrian complaint that a threat exists to Syrian security and also to world peace...
...there are now 16. The last major nation to switch recognition from Chiang to the Reds was Egypt, which did so in May 1956 during Nasser's early flirtation with the Communists. In the last two months the Nationalists have won recognition from three previously uncommitted nations-Jordan. Liberia and Paraguay-hope to add a couple of others soon...