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...diplomatic protection to two rebel representatives who arrived unexpectedly at the embassy; 2) allowed an embassy communications officer from Nairobi to accompany the students' parents to a rendezvous with the terrorists near Kigoma, Tanzania; and 3) allowed the ransom money to be shipped from London to Dar es Salaam by diplomatic pouch. Kissinger wanted to fire Carter outright, but aides persuaded him to soften the punishment. Summoned to Washington for "consultations," Carter was told to forget about going to Copenhagen...
...publisher of several black newspapers in Pennsylvania, the lanky, balding Carter joined the U.S. Information Service in 1965 and was put in charge of the American embassy's press relations in Kenya. Four years later he became Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Dar es Salaam was his first post as ambassador (he is one of only five blacks among the nation's 120 ambassadors), but in three years he has become known as one of the best U.S. diplomats in black Africa...
...Carter's career. Nonetheless, Carter's future in the Foreign Service is not bright (Kissinger also complained of his "engaging in an independent publicity campaign"). Now representing the U.S. at a United Nations conference on human rights in Geneva, Carter is scheduled to return to Dar es Salaam in mid-September. After the flap dies down, he probably will be offered a distinctly unprestigious, perhaps nondiplomatic job where he will be kept out of trouble...
Running for Fun. Back home, that training involves running twice a day in Dar es Salaam, where Bachelor Bayi is an air force lieutenant and flight mechanic. Mornings he runs cross-country, covering about ten miles. After working on the cargo planes, he heads out for two hours of sprints, ranging from 100 to 1,000 meters. His program was the suggestion of an East German track coach who advised Bayi during a visit to Tanzania two years...
...announced plans for rationing gas. "Our motto must be: 'Produce or perish,' " he says grimly. Despite opposition from the World Bank and other foreign sources of financial aid, Nyerere has not cut back on one expensive pet project-moving the country's capital from Dar es Salaam to a more central location near Dodoma, 250 miles to the west in Tanzania's dusty hinterland. Estimated cost of the development: at least $500 million...