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Zanzibar Embraces Communist Aid as East Bloc Expands
Zanzibar under President Abeid Karume attracts Soviet and Chinese backing as East German and Soviet technicians take over ministries, harbor operations, and army training. China funds a 14 million dollar loan and agricultural plans aim to cut cloves dependence while Western embassies observe gradual union with Tanganyika. Karume asserts personal power amid bloc influence and local shifts in uniforms and education.
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Afrii Lan
Zanzibar
Abeid Karume
Dennis Neeld
Karume
Zanj Union
China
Gibar
East Germany
Cou
Julius Nyerere
New Republican
Tangan'ty
Iyika
Ices
Agriculture Department
People’s Liberation Army
Maj
Ali Mahfoud
Indonesia
Nyerere
Tanganyika
Mao Tze-tung
United States