iovial Ivor Richard. chairman of the Geneva conference, who had progress to report. His incorrigible optimism is not entirely forced. He nas met lan smin for te murst unc in some weeks and nas becam constant conference with the leaders of the Patriotic Front.
Although Smith is as surly and uncooperative with the imperialist Dan as usual. it seems that Richard has made an advance in getting agreement on a joint document with the nationalist delegaThe final details of the plan have not been sorted out, but it hinges essentially on an 'Indian solution', which Crosland long denied was a possibility. There would be a British resident commissioner, like the Indian Governor General In 1947, who would be head of state and supervise the transition to "majority rule'.
WHITES Although the Government continues to rule out the possibility of a British military presence, it certain under this plan that the repressive apparatus would be in colonial hands. This would allow the phasing out of the white settler Rhodesian Army, while ZIPA, the is dismantled and gueria army, replaced bv a proper black army which would meet the needs of Subscribe NAME. dence. as the Brush were• nov making this date unconditional. He made no mention of the demand for majority rule now. then, neither did either of the other two wise men.
DISMAL Nkomo was adamant in his opposition to power-sharing with the Smith regime, but the following day added his weight to those calling for a British In fact, he has consistently been the foremost among those calling for Britain to carry out its "colonial responsibilities' in Zimbabwe and provide Crosland as chairman of the Geneva conference.
Crosland does not want to play that role, but he must have wel comed tnis invitation to intertere further in the affairs of the Zimbabwean people.
The record of successive Labour overnmens on been dismal. They have failed consistentiv to recognise the obli gation, not to supervise colonisation', but to pull out all British interests now and allow the Zimbabwean people the right to self-determination.
They and their paymasters in the banks and industries of Britain and the USA have seized upon people like Nkomo who are prepared to Red Weekly SUBSCRIPTION RATES DOMESTIC: E7 per year £3.50 for six months FOREIGN: £9 per year surface mail £12 per vear armail substantial The aim mystery tour was to blame firmly on the CIA for the deportation orders served on ex-CIA agent Philip Agee and Evening Standard Mark Hosenball.
defence AS a spokesperson stressed, 'We'r not on the defensive any more.
going onto ambaowe na sive. We want the CIA out and Tne reactionary laws under Hosenball are being deported scrapped' Saturday's activities culmination of a hectic week's campaigning port of Agee and Hosenball, whose defence has now been taken up by dozens of MPs, several prominent unionists Fisher of NUPE), and a dozen Constituency Labour Parties.
MARKS One of the star speakers at a central ganised on Wednesday 8 December was John author with Marchetti of the first book to expose the activities of the CIA - The Cult of TVE SEEN IT ALL NOW', moaned one perplexed policeman as supporters of the Agee/Hosenball defence campaign toured the plusher parts of London's West End last Saturday. It was, after all, a tour with a difference - the highlights being visits to the homes of four CIA and other US intelligence officers operating from the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square.
of this magical put the urbane Dr reporter :ampaigr ship.
BEne Immigration oreers which Agee and liberties' were in supUnis own expenence After • 4½ trade (including Alan London teach-in or- the final straw for him.
Marks COStone Four days after States Marks tions, because the CIA succeeded in getting an injunction prior to its publication Proctor, new London station chief and 'reckoned' as something of a liberal, played a major role in the ensuing trial and censorSpecially flown in for the by a few teach-in, Marks told reporters that he saw the deportation Agee and Hosenball as 'a threat to the professions, a threat to civil Just how all-pervasive the CIA's influence could be, and how much of a threat to democratic rights it repre sents, he demonstrated from years service in Department, which time he rose to be the Staff Assistant to the Director absolutely of Intelligence and Research who is responsible for liaison with all intelligence services including the CIA, he resigned are his post in 1970 - the American invasion of Cambodia was ganda In 1974 Marks went to Viet- Just nam to do a piece for Rolling magazine on the war arrived, twelve policement burst into called you an used a little known provision concerning of information to force the release of the CIA file on him. 'Included in the file was a memo from CIA Washington to CIA Saigon announcing I was coming - two days before I got on the plane.
Marks underlined the spec ial relationship' between US and British intelligence.
learned its dirty tricks from the British, he said. You had an Empire held together civil servants, army and dirty tricks- particularly divide and rule.
'In the Second World War the Americans got in on the and after the war they just kept going. For the first seven or eight years nothing was done without British help The first truly independen operation was in 1954 when the CIA replaced the Govern ment in Guatemala Because both the CIA and the British Home Office have no evidence of Agee or Hosenball being ir contact with enemy agents the vaque conceot that the 'Agents of Influence' enemy has been used to justify the deportation orders what this means was spelled out by Marks: "If you were against the war in Vietwould have "Agent OT In like Agee and Hosenball in this country to continue their work. If Agee was forced back to the States, censorship of further books would not ne cessarily be the only problem he faced DATES The key dates coming up in the campaign are 11 and 19 January, when Agee and Hos enball will in turn appear be fore the kangaroo court set up under the machinery 1971 Immigration Act (Hosenball's appearance having been put back a ronnigat trom January)
They willbe allowed t 'make representations' to Three reactionar civi servalit: without the right to know the charges against them, to call witnesses, to cross examine or to consult lawyers. eve of the first of these farcical proceedings the defence campaign has called for a nationa demonstration on Sunday January.
Students still on vacation al that time are particularly urged to make a note of the date. Agee was afforded a rapturous welcome at NUS Conference on Sunday night - a response which should be reflected in the number of students on the streets amongst the demon strators on 9 January