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...most populous quarter, is barely dispelled by flickering candles and the dim yellow of underpowered bulbs. Hard pressed for power, the Chinese Communists who staff Peking's aid program recently put to use an American electric generator (provided to Guinea by U.S. aid) in their cigarette factory at Wassawassa-until U.S. officials demanded its removal. Last month Sékou Touré's prestigious but overextended Air Guinée had to cease operations: only one of its four routes was paying its own way, and its Soviet Ilyushin transports were breaking down regularly, along with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guinea: A Reason to Worry | 1/7/1966 | See Source »

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