imperialist jails.
When the Christianiafjord anchored at Halifax, Nova Scotin, British naval police took Trotsky off the ship. For the next 26 days he passed the time with German Labors at the onsoner of war camp Not one to oi the cands of time ship through his fingers, Trotsky began discussing the war, the Zimmerwald conference and anti-war position taken by the German revolutionary Karl Liebknecht. The British and German officers decided to end to this agitation 500 sailors SCO ICE 0L01091 Trotsky continued his travels he left Amberst to the strains of the THe SUOTIC During his enforced stay bath the Executive of the Soviet, domInated politically by tbe MensheThe Haslemere Group and the Anti-Apartheid Movement last week published their submission to the enquiry. They provide evideno of sanction-busting, some of which which Shell and BP have not TRICE In 1973 Shell and BP catered for 56.1 per cent of Rhodesian needs. This oil is supplled from South Africa. The Vorster regime, in turn, imports the bulk of its crude ou from another- DiDod Iran. owned Shell-BP refinery at Durhan deals with 40 per cent of the imported Iranian oil, Haslemere and the AAM make a series of documented points over the involvement of the oil commanies. Firstly that they that when Smith made his UniERNESTAU dence Rhodesia had six months stocks of oil. Secondly, they set up road networks to maintain supplies from South Africa. 40,000 galloos a day flowed in through CHLACES.
Thirdly, by March 1966 a ra had been establishe TrOm Sou Mine Dur i Mo day arrived on this route mild the neede of the RhoLeon Trotsky boarded the Norwegian ship, Christianiafjord, in New York harbour on 27 March. His journey back to Petrograd, after years of exile and imprisonment, was just beginning. Trotsky had not yet seen the last of the viks, and the, then, Minister of Foreign Affairs, heen forced, by the outcry within Russia, to demand the immediate Having arrived in Europe, Trot sky travelled by train from Finland to Petrograd.
At Beloostrov on the RussianFinnish border Trotsky was met by а вгоцр.
Mezhrayonka (Inter-Borough organisation), led by Uritsky.
Bolsheviks were represented by Frodorov, a member of the Central Committee, a meral worker Criberson of thi workers' section of the Petrograd Soviet. but bor a central ladier tellectine the tensions that sull wised bolacen Trotsky and Lonin's party, In Petrograd a large crowd awaited the return of the 1905 Soviet's leader Leon Trotsky arrived in Petrograd on 4 May (17 May by the new calendar). The revolution was 10 weeks old, making Trotsiy one of wasted no time in making up for this loss. On 5 May, both Trotsky and the new socialise ministees in the coalition Government, were presented to the plenary session of the Soviet. The formalities over, Trotsky addressed the Soviet.
DANGEROUS 'I consider this participation in the Goverument to be dangerwill not save us from the existing dualism of power; it will merely transfer that dualism Ministry itself...l think that our next move will be to transfer the whole power into the hands of the Soviet Only a single power can anticles of faith; do not trust the bourgeoisie; control the leaders; rely only on your own fance.
Trors cy's first spocch to the put and Soviet, like Lenin's, caused some thing of a sir. Both had the same When content. mours were already going around Sukhanov WCOLLE to the effect that he was worse than Lean. On this occasion Frorsay failed to convince the Soviet. They voted confidence in the coalition Opened in September 1974, it is now the crucial link following the closure by FRELIMO of the Mozambique-Rhodesia border. Fifthly, tbe workings of Freight Services are exposed.
Freight Services, largest shipping and forwarding eil companies in southern Africa, has offices in South Africa, Rhodesin and Mozambique. It is controlled by the Anglo-American Corporstion of the Oppenheimers. jointly South African subsidiaries of che Rail giants do not wish it to be known that then Smith. The simple solution is to Find seinebody else to do the dirty work. ensured PROOF of Indepeo The auchors of the report claim to bave been given definite proof of both Shell and BP supplying Rhodesia via Freight Services. They say. 'it is not possible to name this that features in the report, attacking BP and Shell, is Lonrho. "Tiny" Rowland, Chief Execuzambique, Over 140,000 gallons a live of Lonrho, claimed in a letter - ample of July 1976 that: 'Over 50 per cent of these pecroleum produces were Miliakor, had
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Rhodesia. The only problem is that it has come ten years too late. For a decade these two oil giants, along with economy and war machine of the racist Smith regime.