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Asked what kind of government might emerge when Nkrumah passed from the scene, O'Brien replied "it depends on the manner of his passing." The tone in which he spoke didn't imply any inclination to see Nkrumah live a long and prosperous life. "Quite a lot of people in Ghana," he remarked, "feel that more piped water and fewer palaces would be quite in order...
...Harvard students from Ghana predicted last night that Ghana's ousted president Kwame Nkrumah will return to power within a year...
Yesterday, while Nkrumah was in Peking to discuss peace measures for Vietnam, army and police officers seized control of the government and dissolved Nkrumah's Convention People's Party...
According to Emmanuel A. Osel '66, the junior army officers who engineered the coup will be overpowered by loyalist forces stationed in Northern Ghana. He added that most Ghanians are loyal to Nkrumah and would support his return to power...
Frederick O. Akuffo '66 said that most Ghanians have been hostile to Nkrumah's "corrupt ministers," but would support Nkrumah because of his personal magnetism. "He is one of Africa's most dynamic leaders," Akuffo asserted...