RIGIDLY IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH WRECKS SOVIET STRATEGY IN AFRICA

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• Publication Date: May 27, 1980
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LONDON TIMS
27 May 1980
. ?:, ' . '!..,...irviet, readers as 4 '7. victory for i
aPtictes : baTrd, ? b.,, '.. ekausiii,e ; Ne bo? cites what he' now thinks"! ochloPle, i ii
In the 4W d,r in ? .a , serws.,, of. reciiii.OnliC;Planning.!Aa An .exatii- ,"AfriCani, pio..ilittiicnal.b:;?614r.n.,,c3;:1,9,--f,?lonr.,:,.,,!..pgi.t.is?ive.fores .. ! _ .. _
I,,ng whole, l
inteiwier&s- with- ;,, Tile Time.s,.!of. AS The Great fun F nitr
isli Pisv;?-.,lans were ,put oial 'in- Dar '''' ooki at Afriea aa a
Ilya Dzhirkvelov, n foriner KGBiastet.'i7 .-.;- 1.':;..{..:',.'?:.1'1'.;1.7...cls..i:,-X'?i'' !f:.;'es, Salaam, ,charged With. hiving rAfir:
!:.pzhii7kveliiv sees A cafalegne.!
Of: tlie oviet
,,s' for.: , S ,
officer and Tess correspondent , l'T.he Rusaiiiii,'adviSed :!Ptesi-"?.? conspired -,to-.; overthroW- Ahe etbacka ,?-
. ,,,
oho defected to Britain. Lost .dent!: Kartithe ? .th!-'diversify-'? the!'`.GoVerninent. ''
!,.. . ! .On, outlines what he sees Zanzibar. ? eContiMy,?..which ? 'de- ':' !The accused - included (j :. ,,- Unibii, in (iii.:,.!' brOes of th Contrast to the,,high?
mtlt e 1960s. The peaCefill
the.; settlement .-1!'of ?, the . Rhodesian
'es the failure of Soviet 'strategy. Pcnds eit -the. eXport of - cloVes. s' ahsentia)'.0scar Kambona,
issue waa, 'he !says, a disaster
in Africa. ? , ? ? ., , e i ' Since Zanziba?r, is an island the fornier Foreign Minister.,There .
- , .
.. , for Moacow,, which ? had - coin.
-; Soviet strategy in Africa .has. Soviet - adVitera'f proposed !!, the,,,.. was:. speculation, ;.= unconfirmed; 1.?,, ,..,
failed to foresee the
failed, largely. due to Moscow's constructiOn of !:a '. tuna ProecIss- i at the ! time, f: that the Soviet, P.'nelY*
election of Mr Robert Mugabe,
inability to coMPrehend. African Mg,- plant!' It :betame -?? knoWn, ''.."; Union had Supported i. some !of,'.
as Prime Minister, and had onCe!'
chndittons .and the African:Cast- however,(ithatilthe?lisliink ?Ves-',,, the - alleged ; !conapil'atera:.;!.,?,'Mr;, again backed the. wrong horse in
of mind, says Mr ..Dzilirktelpv, sets -isupPlied - by ;the Rtistithis-;, Dzbirkveloi,r!liaa,;told.The,Tiinee,
WOO was Tess cori-espondent in ii.:icie?ea,ri,,.!:al.. i:Mr Joshua Nkomo.
were; slower'. than, the'itina figh,'!'? that !!. a . ,!!- ?
Zanzibar from 1967 to 1970, And .and l!the .."ne,cessary!,,equipment ? ": Moscow ConneXion"i: and thaf Somali and Zanzibar; m61
v. . , ,.! have
then for two Years', in .Sudati.!??!.? would: nave to 'lie, bought:- frbm; ',Soviet.- effiCials. ! hi -! Dar Dzhirkvelo ,points out
?::',.-; ea ,',
i;?,.???.;, Itli; expelled their Soviet Ad=
( In the 1961s and' 1970S Soy- JaPan, since.Russie did net pro.' Salaam 'were? !!.extreinely ;
.,1 . , risers. - Egypt,. which expelled.
.strategy, according; to ? Mr duce. it.,!!!.", .i..(!!?. ! ',.!?.;!-,i! , : J, ? .: '..ried ".. that this i might.",ernerge
all ,. ,
Dzhirkvelov, was to fake' advari- ?:- Tile cest! Of biiiidini the-new'', At ':',ithe -....trial. ?!? Some ',.: of -?,: the Soviet personnel in 1972;!.
tage of anti-colonial sentinient pert, 'complex was in any: cASO ...accuSed, says, i,?,.,fr ozhirt,tiev,..,i?-was :regarded by ? Moscow. as a
se ? S
hi Africa and gaM political in. PrebibitivekExisting-,nort?facili--?;?': though/ not Ti; karribbriahad? af oviet domain to the last
fluence over African countiik ties were hehig, used for loadittw --:,:::." cloot ties l' with .the -ItUisians.:, moment. i Sit ? months -? :before
I ; ' '!. '
by ' tying ? them to the ! Soviet Spices." The,. only!?result ',',?. i'ys., ::: :.: Mt; Dihirkveliiv7;?.attended".? al-!''' President Sadat s expulsion
order, a member of the polit.
Union economic'any, f,,,,,:,.!,, i.i.,, t?: Mr: .0ilitrkiieloVii!Would..! hdve- most all . of ...the trial, with With: ,.? ?.
?Zanzibar was regarded as the .!been: '!that, the Fish, would :have; instructions:: , to .-:?report...s to-,,,?:;the.?! bur.o,;!,..,,Mr , Botis.---;,,l'oPolraKeYv
, gateway . to Africa.".:. because '.1c,i'ae-ii tip siiiepindt ..icive!'aiia :Soviet Embassy anyl...mention!ofi 'Visited Cairo, and. wa$ impreaaed.
of .the. openly ' pro-communist !,..the cloves - smelling of fish"; -.?? 1 ztls.sfr.?" , Fearing exposure; -.a,' by , what . he !!!:construed .',..as .!the
which regime ? took poiver then -ft, !: IF ? has Other e?Iripio , a?',.nuM. number of KGB !agents :AO the 12,gyptians! ;'Appetito., foe mabc.
al ter ? the , Zanzibar ..re.volutton ..
of 1954. 'Under . its ; President, .itdriaitt." by i ivhai he eani...!econm.nic., advn. embalisy. left ::,,Tanzantnibefore,-. isin-Leninisroi despite, Warnioga
the ituskiris.in East? the. trial ended,'" indirect ' proof'. front; Soviet officials ' in , Cake
Abaid Karume, Zanzibar. was ' Atrice?;!- ? - :..:!. .. . ' . ,...s ,, ?1,-,, Of Soviet involvement, to which , that the. Sadat ,Goverriment was
hh.stile to the. West, while re.. 1! 'In *4969 he leatnt 'from .? the the ..",, Tanzanian -..1,1autlioritiea-',going .in. an ?ilomistakably pto.
ceiving vast amounts , of, aid ,
Sovieti thilbaSsador ,.in 'Mogacli.! turned .a blind eye,: S...!'??!..!.-;_:!. , '-,,Ipestern.,directicin.". ? . I, , ? ?? -!:-.'.!
from the Soviet. Union, ?East ! AIM that the ? the,..?Russiana'.?': were 2' ? As for the Sudan, Mr. ,Dzirirk- l'i'!!The ..Soviet ?T.Inion-, -Saysf, Mc(
Germany and China. , .l ' ? .' ? 'bhildirig a' huge ?dairy ',Cairn:40c yelov .recalls an even -'? greater ! DzhirkireloV, i has; spent - milliOna
iIt was . partly to moderate I lin'. Somalia because ' there Were rniScaltulation, ? when - the Rus-libf iroithlea- hi ?Africa,,,with? very
this Marxist radicalism on his ",:lcOWe?feeding.near the proposed scans siipported, ' and perhaps ! little. :'?!" result. ' Mr , Ki'Vaine
(Doorstep that President Nyertie !?? !site.'?,- The. dairy was completed ? even ...inspired, a communist .1?Nkruinah.',ilf Ghana; :President
in neighbouring. .!.Tanganyika . 'at -f.;:ebrisiderable ', 'Coat; I-. bite: by, coup against President Nirner,i i Kenneth Kuanda in. Zambia mid
proposed:. ,the vatted', State 'of ? ? ?h t^
..,,,,n there mere no ?!to WS' left. to ' in ' july!..1971,!-Mr.--Dzhirkirelov,!.1Dr! Milton !, Obote -?in -' Uganda
'llanzania-. !i? :But Zanzibar ton- die Milked, since Somali farmers'. Y"ho, was 'in Khartum., through- d 'were ail - at:!variotis. i times Alia,
tamed to pursue pro -communist
' :;!/;:;
:are i.notifactie. and ,the herds ii out 'tins period, foresaw. that! it l'Object (!;.?,of ,.!.., tniSpl aced Soviet
pOliciei semi-independently. !rtioVed elsewhere. ,,t
.-;i.,':!..!;?!!?..',--:' . 'there were, : s,uch a coup it hopes. i!'??!;:. A.:!?-i-!: !???! . !. ?::?. ? ????.! ??,-,..,
I President Katume told.' Mr 1.1 But ?; the!'',!" pilliciP61;.'i Sotriet.. Would tindoubtedly be eroshed,41!Ghanaivas once thetnain KGB
II.zhirkyelov , when , ! he. ,arrived, mistake:!: in .,? Africa, ?:', says :.? . Mr,' and:, the ?Sudanese - Communist': t-
iJaSe its Africa hilt ;,tifi.'' inOre,1,
that ? Zanzibar . was to be .. an !DzhirkvelOy,'.;.:!is `., serious. '.?:: The partY, would be. destroyed! !!',. i :4 ..
'While' Zainbia, ".'clOei not,;Watit'
island of freedom ";' on," Att anti never did want"- SoViet.
ahalogy. with' Cuba in the Catih- Russians, he :. argues, have ..Very:I. ! He, made this plain, he claims,
;little understanding ric
erstanding of,fAfau !!.3.0q!"..,.
in ...dispatches!.!for7.-Tas.si-i, help. As ? for 'Uganda, 'Moscew'
bean.. The number. of . Soviet : ?. ..
7.agrariari -and : tribal- societies, ' which' were '? passed Citi f.."to tthe:y `Oen inade?What'me Dtfiiricoeloi
1 advisern .ZatizTha4r.ose dining,. and Assume that socialism on the :,,..,KGB, fiod in person:to Mr,...Y...1/...'?corisiders the " appalling error "
1 A//i.''',' Ditliikielovi ..;'tlitie :1'`fetlire,!?oviet: !model is suitable suitable o .id '1