'Man Behind Nkrumah Shift’

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31002, 7 March 1966, Page 15

'Man Behind Nkrumah Shift’

(N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright) WASHINGTON, March 6. A little-known African diplomat who wants “to turn Black Africa red” is behind the shift of Kwame Nkrumah from overthrown President of Ghana to President of Guinea, Senator Hugh Scott told the Senate, the Associated Press reported. Senator Scott, Republican, Pennsylvania, said the diplomat, known as Diallo, might touch off a “revolution in Guinea or a fight between Guinea and Ghana.” Senator Seott warned the United States against rushing aid to either African nation in any such struggle. Although the Senator did not identify the African diplomat further in his speech, the Senator’s office said the Diallo to whom he referred is

Alpha Ibrahima Diallo, who is, or was, Director-General of the Guinea Information Service. In the past the United States often has rushed “to the aid of the wrong side, or we are not sure which tiger to ride, or even if it is a tiger or a

pussycat,” Senator Scott said. He had first learned of | Diallo at the International I Communications Conference in Switzerland last year and 1 described him as “one of the most brilliant diplomats in the world today” who is try-• ing “to turn Black Africa red.” Diallo was able to line up 32 African nations in Switzer- 1 land to vote against a communications proposal backed by the United States and other nations, Senator Scott said. Nkrumah had been ousted as President of Ghana because he was under “virtual

domination by the Red Chinese.” The Senator said Diallo engineered Nkrumah’s surprise appearance in Guinea as the President there. Although several African nations have tossed out Communists, Senator Scott said the Communists still have strongholds in Africa. “If we give aid to Ghana, we had better give it in a form where it cannot be stolen or taken by force under the aegis of Kwame Nkrumah or Mr Diallo,” he said.