Oliver Tambo: War and Peace
(Statement of O.R. Tambo, President ANC – SA – to the International Preparatory Committee of the World Parliament of the Peoples for Peace, Sofia, Bulgaria, 23–27 September 1980)
“On behalf of the African National Congress and the people of South Africa, I wish to greet the Bulgarian Communist Party and the Government and people of the Socialist Republic of Bulgaria, the land of Dimiter Blagoev, Georgi Dimitrov, the land of comrade Todor Zhivkov.
“We greet the World Peace Council and congratulate you on bringing together this great assembly of peoples. Our congratulations go particularly to you, comrade President Ramesh Chandra, who has built the WPC into a mighty world force for peace. Likewise we salute this great and historic assembly sitting at the World Parliament of the peoples for peace.
“I wish at this early stage of my contribution to acknowledge the support and assistance the ANC and the fighting masses in South Africa received from you gathered here from different parts of the globe, together representing a cross-section of the world. We take this opportunity to extend our solidarity with all peoples fighting against colonialism, racism, Zionism, fascism, neo-colonialism and imperialism, for national liberation, peace and social progress.
“In this connection, let me declare on behalf of our oppressed masses – the fighting children, youth, workers, women, churchmen, peasants, patriots of South Africa – our
