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THURSDAY. JULY 25. 1963
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atellite Nation in Africa
Washington (UPD Sen.
Thomas J. Dodd (D-Conn.)
lays all evidence Indicates
that Ghana under Premier
Kwame Nkrumah "has be
come the first Soviet satel
lite in Africa."
"It is the focal point for
the subversion of Africa, just
as Cuba is the focal point for
the subversion of the Ameri
cas, Dodd declared.
His comments were printed
as part of a 165 - page doc
ument released by the Senate
Internal Security subcommit
tee dealing with the policies
of the small African nation,
known as the Gold Coast be
fore its independence from
Britain in 1957.
The state department quick
ly issued a statement in de
fense of Ghana, apparently
fearing that unsophisticated
Ghanaians, not familiar with
the various branches of U.S.
government, would take the
Dodd report as an expression
of U.S. government policy.
Said Not Supported
"In our judgment," the
state department said, "infor
mation available does not sup
port the suggestion that Gha
na has become a Soviet satel
lite. In international affairs,
the government of Ghana fol
lows a policy which it de
scribes as one of positive neu
tralism and in furtherance of
this policy has established re
lations with both Western and
East bloc countries. Ghana
has not aligned itself with
either grouping."
The state department said
U.S. aid. to Ghana, most of
which is in the form of loans
to help build the Volta River
Dam and an aluminum smelt
er, is "tangible demonstration
of our friendship for the Gha
naian people."
The subcommittee's hear
ings actually were held Dec. 3
of last year in New York
City, but the full transcript
and Dodd's accompanying
statement were not made pub
lic until this month.
Country Benaiits
Dodd said Nkrumah, who
calls himself "The Liberator,"
has consistently followed the
Communist line, yet his coun
try continues to benefit from
generous U.S. aid, including
S133 million last year for the
huge Volta river project.
"It is important," Dodd de
clared, "that (the United
States) learn bow to distin
guish between such crypto
Communist movements and
genuine nationalists or reform
movements.
"If we cannot learn how to
make this distinction, the
blunder that lost Cuba to Com
munism will be repeated in
situation after situation."
Although Nkrumah's re
gime has been described as
"African socialism," Dodd
said all evidence "strongly
suggests that Nkrumah's
Ghana has become the first
Soviet satellite in Africa, just
as Cuba is the first Soviet sat
ellite in the Americas."
"Like Castro's Cuba," the
Connecti-ut Democrat said,
"it carries on a propaganda
campaign that would tax the
resources of a major country."
"It trains natives of other
countries in the arts of infil
tration, sabotage, terror and
guerrilla warfare. It exports
arms by clandestine means to
the opposition terrorist groups
in other countries which it
has fostered and today sup
ports." Assitsination Linked
Dodd linked the assassina
tion of President Sylvanus
Olimpio of the neighboring
small nation of Togo with
Nkrumah agents. He noted
that immediately after the
killing Jan. 13 of this year,
Ghana extended support to
Olimpio's "self-advertised as
sassins." The subcommittee docu
ment consisted largely of
questioning of Dr. Kofi A.
Busia, a Ghanaian exile and
former political opponent of
Nkrumah, and elaborate ex
hibits designed to support the
testimony.
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teaching in Mexico, noted that
Nkrumah admittedly associ
ated with Communists dur
ing his student days in t h e
United States and Britain, and
made an extended tour of Rus
sia, Red China and other
Communist countries in 1961.
Asked by Dodd if "in your
judgment, Ghana is a center
tor Communist subversion
and aggression in West Afri
ca," Busia replied:
"Yes, Mr. Chairman."
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Disposing of Hitler's Art
Collection Is a Problem
By UESELOTTE WE1N
United Press International
Munich, Germany - MPD -Adolf
Hitler's artistic legacy
Is the obiect of a "treasure
hunt" in the chilly cellars of
the former Nazi party's na
tional headquarters.
The heir to the treasure. -
the West German government
- is still undecided what to
do with the 3,700 paintings,
drawings, prints, sculptures
and old books and coins which
Hitler and his top aide, Her
mann Goering, amassed for
themselves and the glory of
the Third Reich.
Only Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer has suggested a so
lution. He proposed to exhibit
the objects in Bonn, but mis
has found little support from
his ministers.
Treasury Minister Werner
Dollinacr. who is directly re
sponsible for the art collec
tion, said art experts conduct
the "treasure hunt" to sep
arate the valuable from the
worthless.
"We will probably make
the valuable objects available
to the public," he said.
Dollingcr referred to near
ly 800 paintings considered
valuable by the treasury, in
cluding works by Rembrandt,
Raphael, Boticcl'll, Rubens, Ti
tian, Wattcau and Cranach
the elder.
A treasury spokesman said
the paintings might be ex
hibited as a group in West
German art galleries or be
distributed as loans to muse
ums. Some 200 less valuable paint
ings are destined for "repre
sentative purpoiei," the
spokesman said and may
wind up decorating embassies
and government offices.
What causes all the head
aches for the art Inspectors,
however, is a section of some
700 "blut und boden" (blood
and soil) paintings by Nazi
artists patronized by Hitler
and Gorrlng.
The West German govern
ment has obviously no Inter
est in publicizing these works
or the many mediocre paint
ings by minor 19th century
Germans who struck a re-
sponse in Hitler.
souvenir nuniars
Some business minded art
dealers who Investigated the
collection have boosted they
could make an extra 4,000
marks ($1,000) on even the
poorest objects if souvenir
hunters could be assured they
once belonged to Hitler.
This is exactly what t h e
I guvi'i iiiiiuiu wains iu uvuiu.
To sound out the marKet
I for "blut und boden" paint
i Ings and other mediocre art,
! the government has made
I some test sales without men
i tinning where the pieces came
I from, the spokesman said.
Tentative plans call for
, gradual and Inconspicuous
transfer of Ihe paintings to art
dealer!.
have to be restored, however.
because they suffered in the
post - war period when they
passed through countless
hands before arriving In the
basement of the former Nazi
party headquarters.
The upper stories of the
building now house the Ba
varian State Gallery. But the
Nazi collections lie in racks,
row upon row, next to other
Third Reich remnants such as
Hitler's 10-foot-long writing
desk - which he nevor used.
The cellar collection was
transferred to the treasury
Jan. 1 of this year by the ex
piring Trustee Center for Ar
tistic Property, itself a suc
cessor organization of the Al
lied Central Collection Agen
cy, which was created in 1945
to round up and return works
of art illegally confiscated by
the Nazis.
Jackie Kennedy
To Be 34 Sunday
Washington (UPD Mrs.
Jacqueline Kennedy will cele
brate her 34th birthday Sun
day at Cape Cod with a fam
ily party.
Mrs. Kennedy's press sec
retary, Pamela Turnure, said
Wednesday the gathering
would be "more for the chil
dren" of the Kennedy clan
and will be at the Cape Cod
home the President has leased
for the summer.
Miss Turnure said the First
Lady plans to spend about
three more weeks at Cape
Cod and will return to Wash
ington about Aug. 19. She has
set a date to go to Walter
Reed Army Hospital to un
dergo Cacsarean section for
the birth of her third child
but the White House is keep
ing the date secret for the
time being Miss Turnure said.
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