["To give food aid to countries just because…]
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"To give food aid to countries just because people are starving is a pretty weak reason'?. Dan Ellerman, US National Security Council. "Food is a weapon. It is now one of the principal tools in our negotiating kit"
Earl Butz, US Secretary of Agriculture.
A MAJOR factor behind the recently announced job cuts in Leyland Vehicles was the loss of markets in Nigeria.
During the oil boom, Nigeria set about massively expanding its industry and infrastructure.
It became a big market for machinery, equipment - and trucks.
Imports grew 18% a year between 1970 and 1981, and the share of machinery and equipment in those imports almost doubled.
Now, with the debt squeeze and the slump in the oil market, Nigeria has slashed back imports drastically.
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South Africa itself". the United States abstained. Its UN representative, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, described the South African proposal as 'a major new step in the arduous process of trying to resolve southern African problems peacefully'. Thus the US 'would do nothing that would jeopardise this delicate and, we believe, hopeful process' (Reuters 20.12.83). This position has been endorsed by Britain.
However, as Reuters reported on January 4, 'South African officials have said privately that even if the Cuban troops were sent home, South Africa misht