“Soviet Foothold In Africa”
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) JOHANNESBURG, April 28. The South African Minister of External Affairs (Mr Eric Louw) said today that Russia had gained a permanent foothold in Africa and was trying to turn nonEuropean student youths into Communists. The Minister said in an interview with the political correspondent of “Dagbreek,” a Johannesburg Afrikaans Sunday newspaper, that Russia and Communist China recently played a leading role at the Afro-Asian conference at Cairo. The conference set up an AfroAsian Solidarity Council, with headquarters in Africa. This meant that Russia had gained a permanent foothold in the continent, Mid Mr Louw.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28573, 30 April 1958, Page 16
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