Communist influence In 1918 the Soviet Union opened the Commissariat for Muslim Affairs, which actively opposed the colonial powers in the Middle East and their system of Mandates.

In protest against the arrests and repression, leading members of the opposition organised a demonstration outside the commissariat of Tevragh Zeina in the capital, demanding the release of the activists arrested after Friday's demonstration.

Dr. Claude Frejacques, Professor and former Chairman, Centre national de la recherche scientifique Member, Académie des sciences former Chairman, Délégation à la recherche scientifique et technique former Director, Commissariat à l apos energie atomique and former Professor, Ecole polytechnique, Paris, France (Vice Chairman and Chairman, Committee on Finance and Budget)

Mr. Bouh (Former member of the political bureau of the Frente POLISARIO) said that he had been a member of the political bureau of the Frente POLISARIO, director general of the political commissariat of its army, director general of its radio, governor of the Aousserd and Dakhla wilayas in the Tindouf camps, and finally director of protocol of the Office of the President.