Sweden Dedicates Hammarskjold Translation of Buber's and Thou' (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) place at a reception tendered by Israel's Ambassador Moshe Bitan and Mrs. Bitan. STOCKHOLM—A Swedish translation of "I and Thou," Martin Buber's philo- sophical work that the late Dag Hammarskjold started translating, was dedicated to his memory at a ceremony held here. The dedication, made on the occasion of Martin Buber's 85th birthday, took Margit Norell, who completed the translation, and Ambassador Bitan lectured briefly on Buber's philosophy. The reception was attended by literary and cultural figures from Uppsala and Stockholm Universities. Decline of Ladino Dialect .. Boost for Yiddish at WSU HE JEWIS H NEWS 1=) ""r" FR 0 1 - r A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 t../1 I C I—I I G d NI of Jewish Events Progress Made by Arabs in Israel Editorial Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. XLIII, No. 1 Printed in a 100% Union Shop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd. — VE 8-9364 -- Detroit 35, March 1, 1963 $6.00 Per Year; Single Copy 20c State Dept. Ban on Correspondent of JTA Called `Misunderstanding'; Assistant Sec'y. Denies Affront (Direct JTA Teletype to The Jewish News) WASHINGTON — The State Department officially admitted Tuesday that Milton Friedman, Washington correspondent of the Jewish Telegraph Agency, should have been admitted to a background briefing in the Department on Jan. 28, and attributed his exclusion to an official "misunderstanding." Assistant Secretary of State Robert Manning, replying to the protest made on behalf of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency by Philip Slomovitz, its vice president, conceded that the matter "should have been handled more wisely." Once Friedman had made known his desire to attend the briefing, Manning said, "He should have been invited. I regret that he was not." Manning, in his reply, said that he had looked into the incident at the request of Secretary of State Dean Rusk and stated: "I can assure you that no affront to Mr. Friedman or to the Jewish Tele- graphic Agency was intended. Nevertheless a misunderstanding occurred and I welcome this opportunity to explain the circumstances that apparently occasioned it." In his reply, the State Department official described the back- ground briefings held by the Department from time to time and pointed out that invitations to these •briefings "are likely to range from the all inclusive downward to a handful of correspondents who have been seeking individual interviews. Attendance at backgrounders is often limited since it would be impractical in most cases to invite the 211 correspondents accredited to the Department." "The background briefing in the present case," Manning said, "concerned the resignation of Dr. Joseph E. Johnson as special re- presentative of the Palestine Conciliation Commission. It was set up by the Deputy Public Affairs Adviser of the Bureau of Near Eastern and Asian Affairs, with the • concurrence of the Bureau of Public Affairs, and was given by Robert C. Strong, director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs. A small number of reporters were invited, representing major American Newspapers and wire services, namely New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Washing- ton Star, Time Magazine, Associated Press and United Press Inter- national. "The principle followed in compiling this list was to invite correspondents who cover the Department regularly and who had been asking questions virtually every day about the Johnson matter. When Mr. Friedman subsequently inquired about the briefing he was told that it was limited to those who had been invited. This should have been handled more wisely once he had made known his interest in the subject he should have been invited to attend the briefing. I regret that he was not." The Assistant Secretary of State denied that dissatisfaction with • Friedman's reporting had anything to do with the matter. He said: "Mr. Strong explained that he had not determined who was to be invited to the briefing. Mr. Strong then mentioned an article written by Mr. Friedman a short time ago. Mr. Strong questioned the ac- curacy of the report on which the article was based and offered the services of his office for the purpose of checking such reports in the future. There was no connection between this part of the discussion and the fact that Mr. Friedman was not invited to the background briefing. You may be sure that the Bureau of Public Affairs, the Office of Near Eastern Affairs and Mr. Strong would be most happy to see Mr. Friedman or any other representative of the Jewish Tele- graphic Agency at any time. Devious Intrusion of Anti-Israelis Into Afro-Asian Affairs Injures Western Camp By JOSHUA H. JUSTMAN Chief JTA Correspondent in. Israel (Copyright, 1963, Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Inc.) JERUSALEM — Last month the "Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization" concluded its third conference, in the city of Mushi, in Tangan- yika. Among the resolutions adopted was one de- nouncing "Zionist colonialism," calling for a stop to "Zionist infiltration in Africa and Asia" and the abrogation of treaties with Israel. This resolution is bound to prompt some puzzlement and concern. How does it fit into the picture of the friendly relations and growing cooperation between Israel and the African nations? How firm then is the basis of that cooperation and how sincere is that friendship? A partial answer can be found in a public statement made, upon the conclusion of the con- ference by Tanganyika's Interior Minister, Oscar Kambona, who declared the resolution was "a case of the Arabs and not our case" and that "Tangan- ._yika was not willing to accept anybody's enemies as our own." Also of significance is the fact that. while the conference was about to convene, Israel's Foreign Minister, Mrs. Golda Meir, was on an official visit to Tanganyika and other African states. The central fact is that the AAPSO in no way speaks for the Afro-Asian countries. It is nothing more nor less than a Communist front organization which, by devious ways and methods, tries to assume the mantle of an Afro-Asian spokesman. It is run and financed by Egypt, the USSR and Communist China, which established it some six years ago. Its headquarters are in Cairo. Its ob- jectives are quite clear. As far as Egypt is con- cerned, it serves the purpose of enhancing her prestige and of providing her with a position of leadership in Africa and Asia. It is also a con- venient instrument for political and economic penetration into the African continent; for under- mining the positions of the West there and last, but not least, for mobilizing anti-Israel support. The Soviet Union had a special interest in the establishment of that body. At the Bandung Con- ference of the Afro-Asian people, held in 1955, the Soviet Union was not recognized as an Asian country. The formation of the AAPSO provided her with that status. Moreover, it opened for her, as well as for China, new possibilities for activities in the African countries south of Sahara. Thus, while the six years of the AAPSO's exist- ence were not without internal struggles for domina- tion between .Egypt on the one hand and the USSR and China on the other, a "modus operandi" exists, since the organization continues to serve the objec- tives of all three. Unlike the Bandung Conference, the conferences of the AAPSO do not represent governments. In- deed, in many cases they do not even represent the positions of the governments "represented." It is the Cairo headquarters that determine which parties or movements should be invited. The Cairo HQ also pays the delegates' fares. Of the 44 delegations that participated in the organization's first conference, held in Cairo in 1958, 18 comprised political refugees opposed to the regimes of their countries; five were from Communist countries. Similar was the composi- tion of the second conference, at Konakri, in 1960. In 1958, 10 Afro-Asian countries declined the invita- tion to participate, among them the Philippines, South Vietnam, Cambodies, Liberia, Turkey, Persia, Paki- stan, Saudi Arabia, etc. In 1960 the number of re- fusals grew to 17, among them Afghanistan, Burma, Dahomey, Cambodia, Upper Volta, Laos, Malaya, Nepal, Nigeria, Thailand, Togo, Chad and others. More than half of the countries represented in the AAPSO openly disavow its actions. Incidentally, at the last conference, at Mushi, the delegation of India walked out, making charges of "fraud." The conference also adopted resolutions against the Cameroons and Sierra Lieonei stating that these countries have "not yet attained their independ- ence from the imperialistic yoke." While as far as Israel is concerned it is having no practical effect, the threat which the AAPSO poses as a vehicle for Communist penetration into Africa is now being more and more realized in the Western camp. as well as among a growing number of African and Asian countries,