spread quickly, astonishing many Four days later it was picked up by Agence France Presse and published the following day in the Catholic morning paper Presencia.
On 18 February, in Paris, Le Monde broadcast the news to the world. The plan was welcomed by the Bolivian Government which initially backed the operation with $150 million.
he HOlA government had been planning the deal since April Then the Minister Planning and Co-ordination General Juan Lechin Suarez, had talks with the Intergovernmental Development Bank D) with the aim Bolivia to roceiving an unlimited number or ronuguese colocists LOCALYS visit it was apparently impossible to put any aureement.
POPULAR But at the end of 1976, the resurgence of the armed struggle in Namibla and Zimbabweand the Germany, and to a lesser extent the Netherlands and Britain, looked tot a sowtion to tae probica in Latin America.
So the West German Govern ment discreetly called a meeting in Costa Rica, attended by represen ratives of the governments Argentina, Brazil, way and Venezuela. The 30,000 white families from the souther African offered a credit of $150 million Foo the operation, which would be caried out under the auspices of Hrazil and Venezuela said they would only take professional an echnically qualified people wh would be rigorously Uruguay and dilficult political situation in their ountries. Only th Jovertinent accepled the nan as whole and appointed a high commission' to carry it out.
On 9 January 1977, of saftening up public opinion, Guido Strauss, Immigration Undersecretary at the Ministry of the intenor burnco mis plan ic promote the entry of significant vroups of white immierants bE
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delals or ine plan. where the future immigrants were Izogog, areas of the richest agricultural land and the huge oilbearing reserves in the Easter Uru- Department of Santa Cruz and West Beni, ADVANTAGE countries, and These areas have considerable advantages: not only those already mentioned but also the SISTER MOVES IOCHE infrastracture of roads, irrigation and services in general.
These same areas had originall selected. been designated for the interna nigration of thousands of pe the carest and most populated ares Bolivian f the valleys and Altiplane. Th ment had ostensibly been to give these peasants an adequate stanThe potential transplant thousands of white racists to serious example of a solidarity between the right-wing the final The areas LTE mally link of Haste trur nd America. The United State in the Kissinger crewas enthusiastic champion of the 'South Atlantic Treaty Organisation' (SATO), which would for these right-wing "Toe change in US policy in Alrica under the Carter administration has placed the project in in Combate, abeyance, though it is still fondly entertained by South Africa and • SANTA CRUZ paragasy And it cansor be ruled out that the Waited State or the European powers who have been instrumental in tbi good plan, may takc up co SATO cause again in the future.
This article originally appeared the Spanish langu pepper of the swedishsection of the Fowth International BOUTLOODY wing leaders racist, came only a few days after a report relations organisation warned of increasing racis attacks, 11 secims that the danger does not just lie with the racist fringe.
Leading let wine the leading Jett winger People's National Party, has resigned as the Minister Prime Michae Manley has recently concludes nternational Monetary Fun and imposed wage limits. Duothe first of a series of splits a the PNP drifts rightwards.
MOZAMBIQUE: Voting elections for village assemblies last week began a process to culminate in elections to the National Poople's Assembly in nominated by the ruling Fre limo party.
POLAND: Stanislow Pietrasz ko, a student who testified at
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