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GHANA'S NEK REGIME PROGRESSING UNEVENLY
two-nonth-old moderate regime in Ghana has settled In and appears to be functioning reasonably smoothly. Its pro-Wostcrn army and police leaders evidently do not Intend toany time soon their promise to restore constitutionalnmcnt.
Internally the mainhas continued to 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, they to have further discredited Nkrumah whose prospects for an early comeback are now bleaker than ever. He is still inbut reportedly may soon seek another refuge. There are indications that GulneanToure has become concorned about adverse repercussions from his extreme pro-Nkruoah stance.
Changes have been made in Ghana's adminstratlve structure, partly to tighten the army and police leaders' grip on tho 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 Bank advisers. Some significant new foreign aid.
notably from the US and West lias 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.
Plansajor overhaul of the Ghanaian national labor organization, elaborated by its newommunist chief B. A. Bentum in early March, have not yet got off the ground. Bentum seems in some danger of being oulmaneuvercd by labor activist John Tet
whoWWfr^BfrTrow rylng to ingratiate himself with the NLCi
Ghana's relations wilh the USSR and Communist China continue strained lollowing the expulsion of all technicians from those countries last month. Accra may yetomplete rupture with Poking. The NLC now appears to be focusing on getting most if not all Ghanaiannumbering approximately out of Communist countries, by this summer.
In Africa, the NLC has won general acceptance, whilewith Ghana's immediate11 led by moderates long at odds withimproved markedly. Closer policy coordination with the generally similar military regime in Nigeria seems likely, with consequenton the balance of politics.
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