PRINCESS CECILE OF BOURBON-PARMA, WHO RETURNED TO PARIS ON MONDAY FROM BIAFRA, HAS CALLED FOR AN URGENT AIRDROP OF FOOD TO THE REFUGEES. THE PRINCESS DESCRIBED THE SITUATION IN BIAFRA AS ONE OF THE WORST THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.

PRINCESS CECILE HAS SPENT THE PAST 15 MONTHS IN BIAFRA, HELPING THE RELIEF WORK OF THE ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA. SHE WAS FLOWN OUT FROM ULI ON SUNDAY.

THE PRINCESS WARNED OF THE DANGER OF A MASSACRE AND SAID A UNITED NATIONS FORCE WAS NEEDED TO PROTECT THE POPULATION. SHE CALLED ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SHOW ITS GOOD FAITH BY ALLOWING OBSERVERS, MEDICAL TEAMS AND NEWSMEN INTO ULI AIRPORT.

PRINCESS CECILE SAID SHE SAW GENERAL OJUKWU SHORTLY BEFORE SHE LEFT BIAFRA. SHE SAID HIS GOVERNMENT WERE GRATEFUL THAT HE HAD DECIDED TO LEAVE AND REPRESENT THEM IN A MISSION TO SAVE THE COUNTRY.