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Both promised a quick return to civilian rule. The most likely leader of any such return is Siaka Stevens, 62, who was named Prime Minister after the country's elections in 1967 but held the job for only ten minutes before the army officers deposed him. Stevens, who has been in exile in nearby Guinea, may well have had a part in encouraging the "sergeants' coup...
...change took place while British United Airways Flight 321 from London to Freetown bore homeward Lieut. Colonel Ambrose Patrick Genda, 39, who had been summoned from his United Nations diplomatic post to head a new military junta, which had overthrown Army Commander David Lansana, who had arrested Prime Minister Siaka Stevens, who had been named to replace Prime Minister Sir Albert Margai, whose government apparently lost last fortnight's elections...
Martial Law. The resentment carried over to the polls. There, rejecting the government's candidates, the voters gave Siaka Stevens' democratic-minded opposition party what appeared to be at least a narrow parliamentary majority. Unfortunately, the final results never did get to be announced. As soon as it became apparent that Stevens would have a majority, Governor General Sir Henry Lightfoot Boston summoned the leader of the opposition party to his office and swore him in as Prime Minister. His term was the shortest on record. Hardly had the swearing-in ceremony ended when Army Commander Brigadier David...