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...Africa's west coast, for example, Guinea has been a faithful ally of Russia since 1959. Soviet naval units call regularly at Conakry's fine harbor, where they stock up on fuel and supplies for mid-Atlantic patrols. The Red fleet also regularly puts into ports in the Congo (Brazzaville) and Equatorial Guinea. On the east coast of the continent, Soviet planes and warships use bases in Somalia from which they patrol the Indian Ocean and the Strait of Hormuz, which leads to the oil-rich Persian Gulf. At Berbera the Soviets are completing a sophisticated installation capable...
...TIME Nairobi Bureau Chief Lee Griggs, who also reported from Africa in 1959-62. "The sight of Soviets in ill-fitting suits, sweating profusely, turned off Africans who were used to seeing the immaculately tailored British and French. The Soviets also committed horrible gaffes. They sent snowplows to tropical Guinea (they have since been converted to bulldozers) and modern toilets to its capital, even though Conakry had no sewage system to which they could be connected. But all that is past history. Soviet officials today are shrewder; they also keep a much lower profile. Having learned that too many white...
...self-sustaining economic growth. But unlike Third World countries, they need significant financial help and special treatment by the industrial powers to spur exports of their goods and imports of technology. This group, with a population of 930 million, includes Peru, the Dominican Republic, Liberia, Jordan, Egypt, Thailand and Guinea-Bissau...
...NOVEMBER 11, 1975, Angola will become independent after 400 years of Portuguese rule. But unlike Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau, the other recently liberated Portuguese colonies which have made a smooth transition to independence, Angola is racked by civil war. There is no single movement like Frelimo in Mozambique capable of assuming power in Angola. Instead, three armed factions battle for the country: the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), and the Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA...
...shown interest in developing the country's rich but largely unexploited natural resources (oil, gas, zinc, gold, silver). Somare hopes to tap other sources in Australia, Japan, Britain, West Germany and the U.S. for additional development capital. Although they now have their independence, the people of Papua New Guinea are not likely to be liberated of their liking for that Western cargo...