NKRUMAH DENOUNCES AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600010012-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: November 8, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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Den' 0-unCes our imperialist dollars,"
ried one Nkrumah aid. "We
ill massacre you. American
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self - Imposed President fort
s A recent editorial in the/
life, Kwame Nkrumah has
k"hanaian Times assailed they
published a scorching ~denun-
'cited States ' in terms so
ciation of American ,im-
h rsh that the State Depart-
perialism" to be distributed
mint dispatched an official- I
throughout the "uncom_
pt test to Nkrumah. But he ig-
mitted" world, i
n ed the note and stood by
th paper's indictment, which
of 1$161 million in U. S. foreign
l"THE YANKEE gun run
During the 1960 Presi- opes and drunks who run the
dential ' campaign, Senator urder Inc., ..call.q~ the CIA
John Fitzgerald. Kennedy are after the of
independence - better homes A State Department spokes-
bloc, said the Ghanaian leader the shaky fabric of capital-
roasted the 'Eisenhower Ad-,,Nkrumah the Redeemer be-
ministration for its "do - cause he is the biggest thorn
nothing" attitude toward tin, their neo - colonialist am-
Nkrumah. Kennedy termed bitions, because he is forging
I "understandable" Nkrumah's the path of socialism which :
;,flirtation with the Communist will cari; against
. for his people, more jobs, man says the Administration
paved roads, schools, doctors, is considering new requests
g'.cities and food." for aid to Ghana. Top level
THE DEMOCRATIC nomi-'intelligence reports, however,
,,nee promised greater aid to, echo the finding of Connecti-
fha fhanainn rrnvPrnmont- nns Can Thnmoc ilnrlrt 'fhif
After the election officials of A report prepared earlier this
language they understand." Ftion into the Communist bloc.
:; asserting "we will speak the Nkrumah has brought his na-
multi-million dollar dam and Research said:
l
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"COMMUNIST
assured Nkrumah of aid for a Bureau of Intelligence and
and financial assistance from
the Kennedy Administration year by the, department's: ';i
class must be crushed." ' ; leaning radicals within the'')'
mah ' was honored with the (Ghana Trade Union Congress,. ,'I
Lenin Peace Prize in 1962. By' youth organizations and the',.,
1963, Nkrumah had liquidated! press. This influence is en-
his political opposition and' hanced by the close relations
the -official journal of his re-! between Ghana and the Com-
gime had proclaimed: "Wei munist states and by the im- . }
are at war - the capitalist! portant role played by left-
ver.
ta r
smelter on the Vo
influence
But Ghana moved closer toj strong in, the ruling'Con-
the Communist bloc and Nkru- vention People's Party, the
INFLUENTIAL Democrat-I ruling party and the govern-
Ic Senators - Gore of Ten-j men t. An estimated 700
~nessee, Hart ' of Michigan? Ghanaians are studying in,.,!'
and Neuberger of Oregon-I the Communist orbit. Ghana
were sharply critical of U. S.: trades. extensively with the
policy toward Ghana. "We dol Communist countries and re-
not believe that American aid: (elves substantial technical
should be used to assist gov-
ernments engaged in the
to a n1 ~' r
'
Theaid continued, aqd con-;
them. Visits by ' Ghanalans to
ave'contldued to Increase.
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