Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 5, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday december 5, 1968 Nigeria and Gabon at daggers drawn bug9 Hunting business booms Libreville special owns when the tiny equatorial african Republic of Gabon decided to recognise b i a f r a president Albert Bernard Bongo could not have anticipated that his action might produce a threat to his own regime. However Federal Nigeria is displaying far More con Cern at Gabon s recognition of the secessionists than at similar moves made by Tanzania Zambia and the Ivory coast. The reason is that Gabon lies Only 450 Miles away from Biafra and is in a strategic position to assist the beleaguered forces of col. Ojukwu Nigeria is alarmed at the Airlift of supplies from Libreville supplementing other flights from the off Shore islands of Fernando notice dealers wanted this is Only one of Over 100 Leisure or year round Homes. Built entirely of Canadian red Cedar Plank. 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Nigeria is also concerned lest col. Ojukwu May try to direct a guerrilla War against the Federal army from exile in Gabon. Undercover agents a number of undercover agents have already been sent to Gabon by the Lagos government it is reported Here wit i instructions not Only to try and organize support for the Federal Pope Paul criticizes priests Vatican City a Pope Paul wednesday criticized dissenting priests and Bishops and said that the roman Catholic Church defends its teachings at any in a voice breaking with Emo Tion the Pope denounced the reticence of some of those he said Are duty bound to defend Church obvious reference to Parish priests and j members of the Hierarchy opposing him on the issues of birth control papal authority priestly celibacy and revised catechisms. When it come to its own the Pope told his weekly general audience the Church is intransigent and dog any he spoke bitterly of those in the Church who make their own Choice of what is right and wrong. 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Free parking mall Parade Westwood shopping Centre ample parking cause especially among those nigerians who have Long been settled in Gabon but also to try and stir up political mischief against president Bongo in the Hope of toppling him from office. Soon after the niger Ian agents Are said to have arrived the Gabon govern ment took Stern action against nigerian expatriates expelling All those who refused to sign a declaration that they would remain Loyal to the Gabon govern ment. In effect this meant they had to pledge their support for Gabon s recognition of Biafra. As yet there is no Indica Tion that nigerian agents have had much Success. In any Case they will not find their task easy As presi Dent Bongo earlier this year turned Gabon into a one party state. And there is no longer any opposition above ground. The erstwhile Leader of the opposition Jean Hilaire aubade a former presi Dent of the supreme court has been in prison since the abortive coup of 1964 when he finishes his 10-year jail term he is due to serve another 10 years in exile. The abortive coup in 1964 was the occasion of Gen. De Gaulle s despatch of French paratroops to forestall and reinstate the late president Leon m a who had been deposed for two Days by the gabonese army. There is every likelihood that Gen. De Gaulle would repeat the move if he knew 32-year-old president Bongo was in danger. Live in forests there has been Little vocal opposition to the Bongo regime for two reasons. One is that 80 per cent of the population a Mere half a million in a country half the size of France live in the forests the Urban Popula Tion is very Small indeed. The other is that Gabon is today the wealthiest state in the whole of Black Africa with a per capita income of around a year. There has however been growing discontent Over the fact that the riches of the country Are being exploited by foreign companies mainly French and american. For More than half a Cen Tury private French companies have exploited the Rich Timber reserves and today Gabon turns out some of the Best plywood in the world besides mahogany Wabinga and the renowned Okome Timber. For some years a . Steel company has been working in co operation with the French to develop the Rich manganese deposits in the Southeast and now another . Steel company has a 50 per cent interest in the huge Iron Ore under taking which is opening up the the other half of this Belinda concessions is owned by a consortium of european common Market agencies who Are also developing the new port of Owen de and building a 450 mile rail link to the sea. Uranium production is a French monopoly. French . And dutch companies Are developing the Rich Oil Wells offshore where natural Gas has also been tapped. In his efforts to help the biafran president Bongo has begun taking Many biafran children who arrive by returning Relief planes. This mercy act has Given Rise to rumours now Rife Here that the president has also offered col. Ojukwu part of the under populated hinterland of Gabon to Settle ibos once the War ends. A number of ibos Are already Well established in Libre Ville and some Are employed in the forests. Gabon could easily absorb a million or so industrious refugees and in fact it is so desperately Short of skilled manpower that the intelligent and hard working ibos might be one Way of ending continued depend ence on technicians from Europe and the . But first president Bongo will have to sell the idea to the gabonese Many of whom would resent such a move. Toronto up Ron Pius Kett began Selling electronic spying devices last july and in August he started a sweeping service to locate electronic eavesdropping so far the sweeping service for bugging victims is grow ing faster than the sales Busi i Ness. I he recently went to the United states and bought a piece of government surplus equipment which he believes is the latest thing in Bug sweeping pollution gets Bird St. Louis to. A a Bald Eagle paralysed from eat ing fish from a polluted River is being treated Here says Martin Schweig Board present of the animal protective association. He is caring for the Bird in the basement of his Home. The Eagle is paralysed in the legs and feet and must be hand fed. In Canada unless the Federal government has a More up to Date Model. The new Gadget is a Small Box with dials and knobs reset b 1 i n g a sophisticated radio Ham s transmitter. Or. Plunkett says he now is Able to unearth electronic spying devices which would elude Standard sweeping equipment. He estimates that several Hundred people in the Toronto area Are being spied on with electronic devices. The majority Are business executives with valuable Industrial secrets. For them he puts nearly Worth of sweeping gear to work at night. It can take up to eight checks to locate some Telephone taps. But the spy May be using a microphone and tape recorder smaller than a pack of cigarettes and hidden perhaps in the padding of an armchair. Or there might be a Micro 1 phone an eighth of an Inch across with tiny wires leading to a recorder in the office up j stairs. I or wires May Lead to a trans j Mitter which sends its messages i to a receiver located some where else. That s where his prize new i Black Box comes in. It is reported to have been used by . Military int Exigence agents until they acquired a More streamlined one. Under the Telephone act and pressing delivery London up a British company shipped a record consignment of Long playing albums by jetliner to Australia to meet orders from Down under. The 30 tons of discs filling every Inch of the cargo Jet made up the biggest Load the freight company had carried. Bell Canada s letters of incorporation it is an offence to inter Fere with Telephone lines or in t e r c e p to conversations. But with the sophisticated and min Ute recording and transmitting devices now available it s not necessary for a spy to tap line. Or. Plunkett avoids being charged with tampering with a Telephone line simply by refill ing to install a Cus Tomer has to do the mechanics himself. About half his customers in says Are police officers a few Are private detectives and the rest Are business executives. They must sign a form saying they won t use the device illegal. I would t sell one to a mafia Man if i knew he was mafia. 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