Telegram addressed to E.S. Reddy, Director of the Centre against Apartheid in the
United Nations, in connection with a special meeting of the United Nations Special
Committee against Apartheid to observe the 80th anniversary of the birth of Paul Robeson,
April 8, 1978
MEETING ORGANISED BY SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID OBSERVE 80TH ANNIVERSARY BIRTH OF
PAUL ROBESON. OUR PEOPLE FIGHTING AGAINST APARTHEID TYRANNY RECALL WITH DEEP GRATITUDE
INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY HIM TO OUR LIBERATION STRUGGLE. HIS ESTABLISHMENT OF
COUNCIL ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS WHICH SPONSORED XUMA`S FIRST VISIT FROM THE ANC TO UNITED
NATIONS HIS ETERNAL MONUMENT TO THIS OUTSTANDING WORLD FIGURE FOR HIS PIONEERING WORK IN
MOBILISING WORLD PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST RACISM AND COLONIALISM AND FOR PEACE WHICH FINDS
WORTHY REFLECTIONS IN THE DECISIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ADMIRABLE WORK OF THE
SPECIAL COMMITTEE. BEST TRIBUTE WE CAN PAY HIM IS TO MAKE THIS UNITED NATIONS YEAR AGAINST
APARTHEID TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
Y.M. DADOO