RIOTING ON GOLD COAST
COMMUNISTS IMPLICATED
LONDON, March 16. The Gold Coast Government accused Communists from abroad with being implicated in the rioting last month. The Government statement says: “The connection of six members of the United Gold Coast Party detained on March 12 with the Communist. Party abroad was clearly demonstrated through the apprehension of a European emissary. There have been clear indications that the demonstrations were but part of a larger plot for the formation of a Union of African Socialist. Republics.” Four of the six men detained are barristers. A later message says that a riot occurred yesterday at Kumasi, 120 miles north of Accra, in which some people were fatally injured. The trouble started when ex-service-men met a Government spokesman, and demanded the release of six Gold Coast leaders arrested on March 13.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 133, 17 March 1948, Page 3
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