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Leaving Morocco U S abandons last foothold in Africa
The United States quietly ended a 36 year military presence in Morocco with a ceremony at Kenitra handing over all remaining base facilities to the Moroccan government. The bases, once a major U S depot and listening post, were reduced to a communications facility in 1965 and fully disestablished two years prior to this transfer.
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Morocco
Navy
William Parrish
Kenitra
Rabat
Parrish
George Patton
Gis
Port Lyautey
Vichy France
Charles Nogues
United States
Sidi Yahia
Bouknadel
U.S
Leonid I Brezhnev
Hassan II