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...economic and political changes. India had to import massive quantities of U.S. grain, and poor farm yields in the Soviet Union undermined the power of Premier Nikita Khrushchev and contributed to his downfall. The Soviets also suffered agricultural disasters in 1972 and 1974. The drought-prone countries of sub-Saharan Africa have not yet recovered from a recent six-year period of little or no rain. Rice shortages hit Asia in 1974, while the vital monsoon rains came late to India. In 1974, after a bumper 1973 crop, excessive rain in the spring, summer drought and early frost caused...
Selective Grants. Since 1959 Moscow has pumped $788 million in aid into sub-Saharan Africa. Compared with other donors, the Russians have not been generous; in the same period, the West has given Black Africa $2.5 billion, China has given $1.8 billion, and the World Bank has provided $1 billion. But the Soviets have been highly selective in their grants to ensure maximum impact. Somalia, for example, has received only $60 million from Moscow in the past year, but it came at a crucial moment. When drought and famine hit the country in late 1974, the Soviets stepped in quickly...
...problem remains: Algeria, which threatened to go to war over Morocco's annexation attempt, still opposes any settlement that is not based on a United Nations referendum. Algerian army units have been placed on combat alert near the Sahara border, and the Polisario, an Algerian-backed Saharan liberation group, says its guerrillas are ready to move into any vacuum created by the withdrawal of Spanish forces...
...commoner who has borne him two sons and three daughters. Hassan, who earned a law degree at the University of Bordeaux, has written three different constitutions, each of which guarantees freedom of the press, speech and religion. Such freedoms have receded as his reign has continued, however; the Saharan crisis was recently cited as an excuse for again putting off promised elections to re-establish Parliament. The last such body was dissolved...
Still, tens of thousands live in shantytowns around the main cities, there is a 75% illiteracy rate, and annual,per capita income is $400. Whatever the result of Hassan's Saharan foray, those problems will continue to pose a threat to his rule and his life...