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NY 100-56680 "tPhe Americans very much feared the Accra Conference,' another said; ‘they fear any signs of Africans uniting for their freedom and independence and strength,’ "tthe British created and maintained divisions within our country,' said still another Sudanese, — They set up barriers between the northern and southern parts of Sudan, and we had to have permits from the British to travel from one part of our country to another, They also tried to foment distrust and Gislike between our people in the north and in the south. ! "'tBut now that we have achieved our independence,'! said a young man who had been quiet heretofore, ‘and our country is united and ONE, we -- make it a point to bring north and south together in every possible way. But now the Americans in Sudan are trying to foment. distrust and disiilke between our country and other African States, particularly the , United Arab Republic. We Sudanese have no quarrel] with ‘ Esypt, and no hostility toward her. It is the Americans who fear Nasser.! "His fellow-countrymen agreed. "GENERAL ABOUD, they said, had managed his coup d'etat with only some of the top ranking officers of the army. The younger officers, and the rank and file of the army, and the majority of the people of —_ the Sudan were.not involved in the coup and do not mae E support the new Goverment under Aboud. ‘The Americans = support it,' they said. waa "But, they added with one voice, no —_ Government in the Sudan will last, nor will it get support from the people, unless it follows a policy which protects the rights and interests of the people of The Sudan, and safeguards our independence. - 4e - ats ye je, Pa