Word: kaunda
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most dangerous sparks of all, however, were flying in Zambia, Rhodesia's black-ruled northern neighbor, where moderate President Kenneth Kaunda was under mounting pressure to do something about the Smith takeover. Powerless to act on his own, and dependent on Rhodesian railroads and power to keep his vital copper exports flowing, Kaunda found himself being pressed to accept troops from those two eager conspirators, Egypt's Nasser and Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, as well as military aid from Moscow and Peking. Kaunda wants no part of it. He believes there is real danger that Rhodesia could...
Since the country appeared completely calm, censorship seemed hardly necessary, but Smith did not stop there. To protect Rhodesia against an imagined invasion, convoys of troops were ordered to dig in along the Zambesi River border with Zambia, causing President Kenneth Kaunda nervously to declare a state of emergency and order his own small army to dig in on the other side "as a protective measure." Although the chances of a clash seemed slight, it was just the sort of ugly situation that through some unexpected fluke might lead to violence-and a need for British troops...
Whether they could actually come to power, though, is much less certain, for they lack unity and capable leadership. Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda has castigated them harshly: "Call them nationalists! I call them stupid idiots who do not know what they are saying." Even in the present crisis, the two Nationalist parties do not cooperate. While they threaten lurid bloodshed, they have not been able to organize even a makeshift government in exile, much less a general strike in Rhodesia. Their weakness may well be Smith's greatest strength...
...question is how to pay for it. Britain has offered to underwrite at least half the cost of a $225,000 preliminary survey of the route, and Red China, not to be outdone, has already sent its own team of experts to survey the Tanzania end (Kaunda will not permit them to enter Zambia). As for the actual cost of construction, Kaunda hopes that will be taken care of by an international consortium of British, French, Canadian, American and Japanese entrepreneurs...
...threat of economic strangulation has forced Kaunda to seek another outlet for his copper. Last month he met with Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere to talk over long-simmering plans for a 1,000-mile rail line eastward to Dar es Salaam. The railway would cost a staggering $200 million or so, but Nyerere seems as interested in pushing it through as is Kaunda. It would turn Dar es Salaam into East Africa's busiest port, open up a massive, uninhabited southern region that is known to contain valuable coal deposits. Besides, Nyerere would like to break...