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...have killed some 600 Angolan whites. Last week the Portuguese, who all along have claimed that the revolt was not spontaneous but instigated from the outside, reported that army troops had captured 71 well-armed Ghanaian guerrillas fighting alongside the rebels. Rebel leader Holden Roberto, who directs the rebellion from his Leopoldville headquarters, has insisted that his U.P.A. has not had help from Ghana, professes to scorn Nkrumah as too leftist. But Ghana and Guinea have fostered a rival Communist-dominated group called the Movement for the Liberation of Angola (M.P.L.A.), and Nkrumah's meddlesome African Affairs Bureau...
...Escape. The Portuguese now have in action an estimated 8,000 white troops backed by 10,000 loyal black troops drawn from the tribesmen of lower Angola, who cordially hate the northerners who are leading the rebellion. Next month an additional 25,000 troops are expected from Portugal. In the meantime, the frightened authorities have supplied guns to civilians, who sometimes take justice into their own hands. In Luanda, civilian vigilantes raided São Paolo suburb to hunt for "suspected arms," shot down 33 Africans at random. A government spokesman later reported the raid proudly. Fortnight ago in Luanda...
...Council. In the opinion of Leed and Zagat, a decrease in the importance of the Presidency would alleviate this chronic trouble; inter-House Council enthusiasts insist that only a cut-back in Council influence and power can do it. Evaluating the Dunster withdrawal, Leed has remarked that Bailey's rebellion is "something like a populist movement at Harvard." If that is so, Leed and Zagat resemble New Dealers...
...compelling diplomatic task in Latin America. Last week State Department officials in Washington and U.S. envoys all over the Hemisphere were urging upon Latin American leaders the need for an inter-American conference to draw up new rules that will enable the Hemisphere to cope with Communist subversion and rebellion...
...Army Officers. The country was shocked to learn how deep had lain the seeds of rebellion in the officer corps. In Algeria, a commission set up to investigate individual officers was "helped" by committees of draftee soldiers (quickly dubbed "the Soviets") who accused their wavering commanders. The evidence showed that thousands who had not actively mutinied nonetheless agreed so ardently with Challe's aim of keeping Algeria French that they had not lifted a finger to stop him. With 200 officers under arrest, De Gaulle finally had to call a halt, not because he had caught all the rebel...