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felg ee cra aoe ways H] Ww * yt — a ieee ran = NY 105-8999 "During the 2nd African Summit Conference any unbiased observer could easily see that Africa is making every effort today to stand on her own feet and speak with her own voice. Africa seeks only her rightful place in the sun. The degree to which the well-meaning element in the American public realizes that 'to be independent and self-sustaining' is Africa's only aim, will determine the attitude and the degree of pressure the American public will put upon the politicians at home in order to keep the American government's foreign policy toward Africa a policy of genuine assistance instead of the thinly disguised *benevolent’ colonialism, 'philanthropic! imperialism or what many of the more ‘cautious recipients! of American economic aid are beginning to label as ‘American Dollarism’. "The successful industrialization of the United Arab Republic in just 12 years since the Revolution, and the thirst he has since inspired within the Egyptian masses to educate themselves in the free schools set up througheut Egypt since the Revolution, are only a few of the many revolutionary accomplishments that have served as a corner- stone and pattern for the spirit of economic, political and intellectual independence that has been sweeping this entire Mother Continent these past 12 years. "And the revolutionary spirit he has inspired here on this continent among his fellow-Africans has leaped across the Atlantic Ocean and entered into the heart and mind of 22 million of our people in America who are also of African origin. “The success of this. 2nd Summit Conference is not Only an overwhelming victory for the people here on the Mother Continent, but it is also a victory for the 22 million brothers and sisters in America who are of African origin... for we awakening Afro-Americans are well aware today that @ United Africa is a strong Africa, and it is only in the STRENGTH of our African brothers that we in America will ever. realize a true solution to our own struggie for independence and the recognition and respect of our own human rights. ~50-