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FFICIAL figures released in Rio
de Janeiro show that the cost of living rose by 86 per cent. in 1964, despite the considerable efforts made by the Government to reduce inflation through higher taxation and cuts in expenditure. Government spokesmen claim that without the prompt action taken by the new regime in April, the cost of living would have rocketed by 140 per cent. in 1964, following an 80 per cent, rise in the previous year. ADEN:
Rebels oppose Base
AHTAN SHAABY, representa-
tive of the National Liberation Front of South Yemen (Aden) said in Sanaa, February 9th, that the socalled constitutional conference of “the Federation of South Arabia” to be held in London next March is a new British plot against the people of occupied South Yemen. He said that the conference would enable imperialism to maintain its hold over this part of the world. The Front and all the people of South Yemen would oppose this conference as it was aimed at suppressing the armed revolution in South Yemen. Shaaby stressed that the armed struggle against colonialism would continue till the people regained complete freedom and until the dangerous military bases in Aden were removed lock, stock and barrel. : He said that the Front would regard those pro-British elements taking part in the conference as traitors and not as the genuine representatives of the people.
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