GHANIAN TROOPS WERE IN CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP65B00383R000200040119-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2001
• Sequence Number: 119
• Content Type: NSPR

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bit Washington officials an ii
Some leading journalistic observers
hi Cuba.
ISut speaking in the National As-
sembly' on Dec. 14, Ghana's De-
fense Minister Kofi Beak?, denied
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re In Cuba
thal Ghana had sent soldiers to I
Cuba.
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He charged that the story was ,
the fabrication of Ghanian exiles i
1
and that it amounted to "treason-
able Crime against the state."
"The motive behind the story Is
to let it appear that the Govern-
ment of Ghana has taken sides is
the recent Cuban-American dis-
putes and also to cause disaffeo-
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test profession, thus resulting in
the 'death.
With apologetic tones, hospital
officials called the death- most re-
gretable," but hastened to excuse
their responsibility by saying that
It Was "probably unavoidable."
FeleCia. had been brought to the
hospital by her mother, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Jackson, 20, of 4053 South
Michigan Ave., approximately 3
hours before the death occurred.
According to hospital officials,
the baby was registered in the
clinic within 20 minutes. Records
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Cong. Dawson Not The Cause Of
Holman Skyies Brawl At City Hall
According to startled spectators
who witnessed the brawl that oc-
curred Monday morning between
Ald. Claude Holman (4th) and for-
mer state representative Charles
M. Skyles in a city hall corridor,
the name of Cong. Dawson was at
no time mentioned.
The two popular southside poli-
ticians were said to have been ar-
guing over some gossip em-
anating from a 43rd street beauty
parlor, when Aid. Holman pointed
his finger in Skyles' face, tapping
him on the nose.
The six - foot athletically - built
former legislator became incensed.
He grabbed -the slightly built al-
derman, shoved and pinned him to
the wall. Skyles was about to send
a right to the jaw of the 4th ward
boss, who at that instance began
yelling for the police.
Luckily for both solons, the ever
dignified Kenneth Campbell. the
20th ward alderman and commit-
teeman, rushed to the scene and
separated the two men; shaming
them for their unprecedented con-
duct.
It is rumored that Holman and
iSkyles have been cool toward each
other ever since Skyles openly de-
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ciarid his allegiance to Cong. Wm.
L. Dawson at a mass meeting at
the 2nd Ward Democratic Head-
quarters during the primary elec-
tions in 1062.
The long-time Democratic lead-
er a n d representative also sur-
prised the rank and files last Fri-
day night at a 2nd ward rally
when he made public his intentions
to give up his residence at 4714
Champlain ave. and move intS
Lake Meadows, thus becoming a
full fledge member of the con-
gressman's powerful ward organi-
zation.
Amp Ling. ApproN,
"For the first time in our his-
tory' the United States has delib-
erately set out to destroy the lib-
erty and Independence ,of another
peoplei" said the Indianapolis Star
In a first-page editorial, headed
"America's Day of Infamy," on
ilanatirY 1: 6
By our outright support of the
savage colonial policy of the
'United Nations in Katangin the
American government has made
Itself a party to one of the most
vicious attacks on a free people
since the Soviet Union smashed
the victculons revolt of the peo-
ple in Hungary," it continue&
"Without United Sta.tas support
and direction, this -brutal de-
struction of the rights of the peo-
ple of ,Katanga could newer have
occurred_ Succumbing to the pres-
sures of the so-called 'neutralist'
states in the U. N., and to the So-
viet-dominated Secretary General
U Thant, our government has
turned its back upon its own his-
toric principles."
"According to official reason-
ing, the central Congo govern-
ment in Leopoldville may not be
able to last unless it gets hold of
the income from Katenga.'s cop-
per resources, though why Leo-
poldville's financial distress is the
fault of Katanga is more than a
little hard to fathom," comments
the Wall Street Journal on Janu-
ary 3. "....It is an ugly spec-
tacle for the U. S. to be support-1
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Elizabethville, since the whole
plot was based on hijackery any-
how. Katanga has- money.- The
highbladers of a socalled Central
Congolese government. wanted
Katanga's loot. So the hired gun-
men obviously knocked off Moise
Tahoe's bank." ,
Sick ChM Dies In
County Hospital
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show that. Felicia's temperature
was taken a few minutes later. It
was. 101? which...according to. Dr.
George Malta, medical director of
the hospital, is not alarming in an
iinfant..-
The tiring it exhausted and
annoyed the yonag mother who
w as becoming understandably
more anxious about her daughter's
condition. After about three hours
she became even more alarmed as
Felicia became even more restless
and began to move fitfully in her
arms. This alarm turned to near
panic as the small bundle began
gasping, and then finally stopped
breathing.
Tears streamed front Mrs. Jack-
son's eyes as the full realization
of what had happened grasped her.
Naw, helpless, pathetic, the sud-
denly old Mrs. Jackson, with quiz-
zical, hurs, unseeing eyes, sought
the answer to a question, "Why?"
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Meanwhile Mr. Adamowski
Should assume it to be his moral
olIlliration to Offer some digest-
ible explanation of these expend-
ibares.
? ? ? ?
A Chicagoan will have reason
to be proud of his city's transit
system after an ordeal connected
with the use of bus service in
Gary, Indiana.
How a civilized community
could continue to tolerate such
astrocioua mismanagement of a
utility eludes comprehension.
Gary bus fares are probably
the highest in the country for the
kind of service the public receives
for them.
An investigation by the Indiana
Public Service Commission would
be fully justified.
The bus company has been
awarded a member of fare in-
creases in the last several years.
For these boosts, it has agreed
to reader services of a sPenifie
scope and frequency. Whether
there is undeviating observance of
this commitment is one ef the
Why should her daughter die in
a hospital without any medical at-
tention? Where eine would a
mother take her sick child?
Hospital authorities attributed
the death to pneumonia, but "ex-
pressed disappointment" that the
distraught young mother would
not permit an autopsy.
OW makes the United Staten 1 and something kw than total
a great country? menace"
"Its government?" this column Well, that's one man'a opinion,
queried dutifully.. anyway.
Cahalan Trips In Cuba
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tion amongst our people," Beak?
said.
He stated further that "Dr. K.
A. Busia and the other self-exiled
Ghaniarui in Lome. who after writ-
ing the article sent it through to
one Akowua, secretary of a reac-
tionary so-called students associa-
tion in Chicago for publication in
the New Crusader."
Mr. Baako said that after the
publication of the article and de-
nials by Ambassador Alex Quai-
s o n -S a cke y notwithstanding,
Kwaw Richardson and others now
"self-exiled" in Lome made it their
duty to circulate copies of t h e
story.
"'Dr. 13usia himself recently ap-
peared before the American Sen-
ate at his own request to discuss
this article and other anti-Ghana
matters with them," Baako said.
"It is obvious that Dr. Busis? Gbe-
demah and their self-exiled friends
in Lome manufactured this article
about Ghana, hoping that through
that they might get financial and
other support for their nefarious
anti-African activities."
The Ghanians in Cuba are not,
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In fact, members of the Ghanian
army. They are, however, Commu-
nist - oriented "volunteers," who
were brought to Cuba from Ghana.
It is remembered that the Chinese
"volunteers" who stormed into Ko-
rea in 1950 were also disclaimed
by their Red Chinese government.
The New Crusader had learned
and reported that the Ghanian
troops in Cuba were "tall Negroes"
and that they were kept in marsh-
alling areas near Cienfuegos and
Marie]. About 1,500 were in the
first contingent to be received by
Castro.
This newspaper had learned that
the Ghanian soldiers were absorb-
ed into the international brigade
of Communists numbering tabout
30,000. They were trained by Rus-
sian officers, it was reported.
The Communist w a r build - up
called for the use of many non-
white troops.
A force of Red Chinese soldiers
were stationed on the Isle of Pines
at the time of the publication of
The New Crusader article.
Algerians had also started to ar-
rive at the time.