Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shortly after a delegation of the International Red Cross left from Switzerland to help in arranging for the evacuation of mercenaries from the Congo, and President Kuanda stated that he was finalizing transport. Since then, however, things have not worked out so well. Serious fighting has resumed, and it turns out that Zambia was offering only one plane for the entire operation, leaving the Katangese troops to fend for themselves. Not increasing the prospects for a truce is the American decision to provide transport planes for Mobutu's troops. However, there is still a possibility that a settlement...
Next came further negotiations on the East African Economic Treaty. It was welcomed by the business communities who promised to stick to it; members were assured that, incredibly, most non-Africans in fact wel- comed its Africanization policy and its emphasis in self-management. The governments involved promised to help avoid the East African nemisis--red tape--in its implementation...
...only practical cooperation between East African countries went no further than a common mail and railway service. Zambia's eagerness to join the treaty could only be a prestigious vote for the newly revived unity efforts. Coming so close on the heels of the Conference it could not help but be associated with the movement sparked by the Kinshasa meeting...
...said his goal was not to resocialize hippies. "That's a middle class judgment," he said. "We will in no way attempt to get people to return to something they feel they have a need to escape. There are many troubled people who may be in need of medical help. We want to meet whatever medical needs they have...
...demanded that the United States agree to major reforms of the world monetary system and help to establish a pure gold standard in international finance...