The Afro-Asian Solidarity Conference, Cairo, Egypt - Dec. 26 - Jan. 1, 1957

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 1997
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: January 1, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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rh~e -fr. -A.iaaa Seelidae-rity Ce sI.ranc
Cairo. Vjypt -Dee. U -Jan. 1, 1937
Orili*s of th. Conference
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In December, 1987, the first general gathering sponsored
by the Asian Solidarity Committees *Jac* t .ir inception in
March-April, 1955, will take place in Cairo Egypt. Like
the constituent gathering, which took place in the week
preceding the ro-Asian ("Baandusg") CG tearenc. of
r
in Indonesia, this gathering is closely linked to the
International communist attempt to ally itself with and
e the countries of the uea+cemznitted world, and
through action at the nea?goveer ae*ntal level, eoneetttute$
a satins uve r to exert pressure upon the governments of these
countries.
In spite Of x a ber of Attempts made from We 1955
on by the USSR and China to bring about a seceeed Airs-Asian
conference of geva. ra a s, 80 such conference has ever been
held, and the five Colombo countries (Iodise
Ceylon, and I*dans sia) wt ich wore given the responsibility
at Bandung for convaniae-g such a conference. have, with the
exception of Ceylon
gathering.
little enthusi*sra for a seed
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It is, however, interesting to note that as early as the
end of September of MS. Egyptian sources sought to **courage
the convening of the conference there, and Presides Nast
himself was involved in efforts to bring the conference
to Cairo.
Central issue* which contributed to the failures to
bring about a second Ilasduarg Conference included the insistence
of some of the Colombo powers an the Inc1*eiou of Israel, the
tborsy question of the propriety of Soviet psrtfcipatie*#
the rsluctaace of states participating in the Baghdad aad
SEATO pact* to expose tbeaaaeselves to criticism at such a
gathering, satisfaction with the cooperative efforts and
consultative opportvaitie s available witkin the framework
of the United Nations. and concern that, if the gsthsri
were to take place in the Near last ? -fie tither Cairo or Damascus-
it might be *zpleitsed primarily as a forum, for .atxsmiet
Arab nationalism.
The first sigeiffcaaat step hard the convening of
the Solidarity C er.nci in Caatir's as an att*r> tiv'* at the
"popular" level to a ..coach Bandeeag Conference occured in
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October, 1954, in Tokyo, wk*n the Egyptian Ambasssd*r O.ma*
Obeid was the principal speaker at a meeting called by the
Japan Asia Solidarity
Tb* meeting
y s Soviet repreeentottve# observers from a namber of
other Asian embassies, aced by Japanese reprtsentiag vi
every major front grs>wp and activity in which the Japaness
Communist Party was then involved. At least one member
of the Gsntral
ctorst* of the Japanese CP was
present. Ambassador Obeid defended his goveran snt's rapprec
went with the USSR, the natton*liaeation of the Saes Canal,
and t h* general anti-c*loai&al oriantstt.n of its policy.
At tht time of the Snteez Crisis (Nary. ?Dec., t9S) #gyptiaas
with records of activity in the Pence partisans, and various
Egyptian Cem*nu*1a at groupings over the Ye'
COa-
sarUy with tb* approval of the Gov*rXIare*t of Egypt. to
the ma jarr international Coves nunist Frost
secs Council. here World
se appealed to
Trade unions, and the World Fadsreatieere sf D.100Cratic
Youth, all of which promptly * sseese
Egyptian people in their struggle against impsrialisla..
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y'rom this time forward, the C ist interest is Using the
tti o East, asd particularly &gypt. as a f.c*s for its
unity-of-action campaign bass on Air*-Asian soUdutty rapidly
emerged.
gatbsse ee*ttty, in November. i9d6, as L
E. 3alal atieaeded the All--i*di* Peace Congress Is Ga
sand is his speech to the Congress, prslssd Air*-Asians golidarit
as the Egyptian issue. and praised Comm ist China, whore
he had recently visited. H. is beetiswed to be identical with
mad Faad 3alal, a VAS= nb*r of tbee Lgyptiaa $atisatal Commi
of the Afro-Asian Solidarity Grganiaeat
of the Egyptian ptati* al Assembly. and a patrttc
Arab Ptieea-ple's C.*f.r.nc* sponsored by Middls Last Peace
Partisans in September, 1954.
In December, 1954. Abd al Rah
Egyptian Co *t nowsmau e
paper At Gumbar!J4, &#*"sd a meeting in Moscow s;
the Soviet P.+sss Committee
Than snit steep towarf
1937, after the taus crisis bad
of the Asian Writers Conference
cure is g'ebrm-ary,
c oa class
4* ])*combo r.
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1956, a'aother otttmpt at creating a regional Communist from
which proved a failure from the Co=mmaist point ad view--&
issi*aa from the Asian Solidaa,rity Conuftwee proceeded
to Cairo. arriving on I February. This
composed
of individuals is India to attend, the Writers Conference. and
included Dr. A**p Singh, a member at the Indian Pa
Tang Sbao, a novelist from Con st C:
Flataaaiza, a Japanese Journalist, and Aaatoli gofrena ew,
writer. The gram was received by Nair and eertsaad bT
~tuhaasaua rd F Jalaal and a waxabor of or : aaaaaa
the Jo
received the eaaaafor.e
that an Aire-Asian Solidarity C aaknfe race be bold In Cairo in
October.
for the ides.
mouth's visit
Afars-Asia
this visit the group proposed
of President Nasr
sasaka to Match. 1957, during the course of a
This period also
? ho.
zzy o rganesastea lea a
?c?mber, 1996.
of efforts to orgsaataee
an Arab-Asian Lawyers' Coafaero ce, and an Afire-Asian Trade
in bath of wbicb Communist pers. salftiom
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played leadtag r
In Jm * Ns ste ror of the Soviet Peace Conuwitto* (also C PIT,
etc.) on route to the World P*sce Council zn..tlaeig in Colton
issued a joint statement, in Tokyo, together with IGHIRO Hatolraxna,
the former Prime Minist.r and current President of the Japan
Soviet Society, supporti*g the Cairo Conference Vlaawed for the
autumn. in July, KbaUd Makki -al-Vin
published a summary of as interview given by Clow-e*-Lai earlier
in the year, iaa which Chou favored tht cowresing of a now
confereaacs of Asia and African countries. It is on clear here
ow on Zf+ JULY 1957 by Mr. Ali
idje jo of lnds*esia, wbs is the popular - 4. e. , non-
governmental center**--*. was being endorsed, or
efforts wore being ma die to bring about s second Ilk
at the g.v eran-.ntal level. In any event, more rec
suggests that both are desired, with the pods ee
as in April 19bg
prec*ssor of the g.ve
Today. however. the popular cs*fus*ce also a
function of e s rtiaag p
them to participate in a true second
or renewed
cacao. roue
ron;nalioaa
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No further concrete steps wore taken, howsvsr, ustil
the beginning of August, 1957. Thera are, he,
iadleatioss that Anwar Ssdat was in creaaeaaea aricatttan with
Dr. Anup Singh concerning the plans for the gathort*g, aaaad
two of the Eg -tiaa de1sg0es who att.M.d tb. World Ptscs
Council xaesittng is Ceylon in Jere, 1957--Ahasad Abd-a1-
1sh a Shargswt an4 Aita ted Ludt A1-Khaetli--bay* baeeat oi,seiy
identified with slid Mukbi-al-Omar on the *to& sf Us
government -supported newspaper, Al Mao*
i956. *ad Yebruary, 19S
five, on the Preparatory Caa- itteo ov entna lly set up
Octebbo tr, 1967--Taft M -Ckoa, wars also gars
WPC meeting in Csyloa..
e begf od" of August,
rid Ce*f*r+a s for the Prsrhibitla
pre s*at* -
Fro of that
ydroges bomb went a telegram to Egypt urgently f*r
as Egy is rrepresea
KM-al:fd Miatkki -alias
permission to sake
in the got a rt*g
rss almaatt liar's
be", after
discussions with 10"Ors of the Aaiaa S.1idart Com 1tt s
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of Japan, his, a*d Comment
as joint sta
was issued that an Afro-Asian Countries C
representatives would =met to Cairo in early Oct"or, 1957.
This statamsnt was made within titres days of Muk
arrival. card four days prior to the opening of the ant
Atomic aaW Hydrogen Bomb Confersncs. The Chi*ese appeared
take the ieead in favoring the
matter, and invited Mukki -eel-Dies to make a three-wee
to China after the end of the Csafereaae. The wife of
the Secretary General of the Comm ist Party of pia was
present as an ladiara delegate and pa
with the Egypttaa dsieegat:. According to the stateaea, travel
sari living expenses for the Ceafeerenc.
Peace Committee and/or the Govoranwat a
The fact that it was necessary for the Japsae
seat a telegram to Cairo in order to gain E "iaa participation
t surprising in View of the fact that l tans ks
had stated as for back as 19 March 1937 that President Naar had
pra-missd to **ad an Egyptian delegate to 3rd World Cs*ter*nce On
Prohibition of Mernic and Hydrogen Bombs.
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Thee Fro
Finally, in early October, a preparatory c tttee
was iayited to cesnw~ is Cairo. The original iavttatie*
was seat out on behalf of th. #yypttan hosts by Yus*f-as tbat,
to Dr. AS" Siagh
*tary of the Asta>s
y Committees. a" directly to a a -.ber Of anther coeattries,
tpslky in Africa, wrkors Solidarity Ce
Twsat y-pass coesntriss erestaily were refire
did not exist.
preparatory committee moetiags .chide ewers bold os 21.23
October 1937. Thsu included. as repressttws of already
esistiag Solidarity Committees:
a. In" - Dr. Aaup Stagk - Vie* Cbrairasea a asst Chafraaeaas
of the seebeemmittee to
the subcommittee fair press
l'artiss *at; secretary of the Afra-Aslu Solidarity
Committee for hmuc pa
Agaiaest Nuclear Weapon
sponsored ar+est).
b. Jaspea - Tokesabisro Dsa - ace
fig=re of the liberal
in All- iia Ces acre*ce
aas Committee-
apea Peace Council., War
Committee. Seer
c Party and former Parii
Vice Minister of or.iglt Affairs.
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C. China - Taag Ming-ehexa - World P*aee Council
r; > *ukber of Chinese National assembly.
USSR - P. A oe - Rector of University of
Turkmenistan; member of Soviet Committee for
Afro -A arias Solidarity.
.. North Vietnam ? Nguyen, Dritc t'wcy - reasber of
North Yid Solidarity Committee.
t. Mongoliss - (aot id+entitied.)
z. Burma - Yebaw M. Mytast - General
of the ltermeaee Peace C+ tls numobetr of Burma
Workers and P*asaws Party; member of B>erna
Trade U*ion Congress, (CP costtroUnd).
The Chinese detegate srrived on 16 October,
to the opening of the rsgalar setiaegar.
The other cauriev y*sticipstiag were arepres.ated by
is divid s selected in a sszmbsr of ditsrweat way* - in a few
iastaaces they +osre desiga*ted by
is ethers the rep"ooatativea or* itiv ess
They esmpri
,
(Not idw,
b. Iraq
AR-d'*gttive from j*stic+e, who maw,
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ref*ge is Syria is J&Smry 195?.
Jordan - AbdWl&h s1-Rimawi - former Moister *i
State; Ba'aathtst sad CPJ contact. Reft"* In Syria.
Note: AmotLsr u arcs afirmsd report stated that Slastiq trshaydat
i of JOT"* participated.
d. L.bu n ? (MM idtttifiod)
Lb - Editor of D.f t Pre -
long associMsd with
wiaag popeast deputy; peat- i*ioa
Cost leaders; ologted to
paarliamsat with Coax asst support 1947; p raga *at visitor
to USSR aad Co st Chins. Active participaaatt 1* World
Peace Council setiviti.s for =way pears. bficiakei Aflaq
Right?wiaag thesaaticisa of the Arab Soviet Resaarfrectt.* Party
g. Tunisia - 1a *I-Rowsiost-Demoo
~gibe as early as 1943.
b. Turkey - Mot &*ige - Faculty of
1. A-
Tswfiq a1- Madaarei
F. L. M. (A.lgsrtaa national libsratto* forces.)
- (mot ideas e4)
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sd)0
bdal R*shid
Cairo; formerly in Aitken. Foreign
Office. One sonrs* reported that 8ai.'s2-Dian 8ali,
Ighau Ambassador to #g, was also pre
m. Cambodia - H*ot 8smmbstit - Form*
friendly to USSR *ad Chicoam missions
opportunist.
a. jag" - s one" Simato - Vice Chair
' st idsr