African Students to Leave Bulgaria

Comrades will have read in the pross of the demonstration of Ghana studonts in Sofia which led to their being asked to leave by the Bulgariam authoritios, The western press is naturally making as much of this affair as possible, bat they are doing so by distortion of the facts of tho incident and thus making a criticiam of Palgaria which is inferior +o attacking tho Stalinists thero, than would be ths case had thoy stick to the facts of “the mattor,. The real objection of the Bilgarien Stalinists is that stidonts carricd out political activity which was independen} of the apparatus, The gcvormmont would not tolerate any political astivity of any kind within the boundaries of its rule, In fact its rule deponde upon being able to maintain an atomised stato amongst the workers and peasante of Bulgaria, and prevent any hercey that might prove contagious. ‘this ia the reason why some 25 aes students represent a menace and why, inspite of the bal pra giuida that was bound to ensue, the Iuigerians took tho action that they did. Tho capitalist Press, by secking an cxplanaticn in tho accusation of the operation of .a col our bar shows how little the professiconak "Kremlinclogists" of the ¢renk shaw and othor schcds understand tha nature of the prosent day rujlors in such countrios, This affair casts a revealing light on the much, vaimted “de-stalinisation and is likely to bo repoxted- othor countrics of the Soviet bloo,