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GHANA'S NEW REGIME PROGRESSING UNEVENLY
cwo-monih-old moderate regime in Ghana has settled in and appears to bo tunctionitig reasonably snoot hi v. Its pro-Western army and police leaders evidently do not intend toany time soon their promise
to restore constitutional.
Internally the mainhas continued lo be onthe old regime through publicized allegations by former officials ofcorruption and subversive activities in African countries. Although most of these accounts are probably distorted, theyto mrve further discredited Nkrumah whose prospects for an early comeback are now bleaker than ever. He is still inbut reportedly nay soon seek another rofuge. There are indications that GuineanToure* has become concerned about adverse repercussions from his extreme pro-Nkrumah stance.
Changes have been made in Ghana's adninstrative structure, partly to tighten the army and police leaders' grip on tha The number of ministries has been reduced fromnd the new national directorate of military and police officers and civil servants has beento the regional and local levels. In grappling with the country's massive economicthe regime's pro-Western economic experts are beingby World Sank advisers. Sone significant new foreign aid,
notably from the I'S and West has already been obtained and all signs still pointetermination on the part of the ruling National Liberation(NLC) to qualify Ghana for still larger Western assistance.
Plans ajor overhaul of the Ghanaian national Inbor organization, elaborated by its no* antl-Communist chief R. A. Beniur in early March, have not yet got off the ground. Bentum seems in some danger of being oulmancuvered by labor activist .lolln TVahH
who
ing to ingratiate himself with the NLC.
Ghana's relations with the USSR and Communist China continue strained following the expulsion of all technicians from those countries last month. Accra may yetomplete rupture with Peking. The NLC now appears to be focusing on getting most if not all Ghanaiannumbering approximatelyout of Communist countries,by this summer.
In Africa, the NLC has won general acceptance, whilewith Ghana's immediate led by moderates long at odds with Nkrumah--have improved markedly. Closor policy coordination with the generally similar military regime in Nigeria seems likely, with consequenton the balance ofpolitics.
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