VISIT TO TANZANIA Douglas-Home heckled

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33451, 5 February 1974, Page 13

VISIT TO TANZANIA Douglas-Home heckled

(N.Z.P.A.-Reutcr—Copyright) DAR-ES-SALAAM, February 4. Students with placards, shouting obscenities, and chanting "go home” greeted the British Foreign Secretary (Sir Alec Douglas-Home) when he flew to Dar-es-Salaam last night to open a new era in friendly relations between Britain and Tanzania. British diplomats were jostled and kicked as they formed a protective ring round Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Lady DouglasHome and the Tanzanian Foreign Minister (Mr John Malecela) as they walked from the R.A.F. VCIO to a waiting car.

The demonstration was or-t ganised by the university branch of the Youth League | of the country’s ruling Tan-1 ganyika African National; Union Party (T.A.N.U.) in; protest over Rhodesia, over, which Tanzania broke with Britain. Formal links were; later restored but relations remained frosty. The demonstrators had; been allowed by the author-; ities to bring their placards!

on to the airport apron 1 where Mr Malecela was I waiting to welcome Sir Aleci Douglas-Home, who was ar- 1 riving from Blantyre, Ma-' lawi. Despite an appeal by the Minister to keep their distance, they surged for-! ward as the steps were' wheeled to the aircraft, and police made little or no effort to restrain them. As Mr Malecela greeted: his guest at the foot of the; steps, placards waved over] his head reading: “Home go home” and ‘‘Home-master of I deception.” Sir Alec Douglas-Home’s two-day visit to Dar-es-Sa-laam at Mr Malecela’s invitation is intended to open) a new era in friendly reia-i tions between the two countries after a period of strain! dating from Rhodesia’s! unilateral declaration of independence in 1965. At talks today, which Sir' Alec Douglas-Home will hold I with Tanzanian leaders the' possibility of Britain resum-' ing capital aid to Tanzania' is expected to be discussed, j Flow of aid virtually dried up when Tanzania broke re-j iations—subsequently restored—over Britain’s hand-: ling of the U.D.I. question,! and a £lO million aid pack-1 age offered by Britain a few; years ago was turned down: by the Tanzanians. Rhodesia is also expected to be discussed, as well as| bilateral trade matters, and negotiations between African' countries and the European* Economic Community on a form of association. Sir Alec Douglas-Home isi also expected by observers) to do some tough talking on I the subject of consular! access to detained Britons,: which has sometimes been: considerably delayed, as has! the process of informing the! High Commission that an arrest has been made. The question of com-! pensation for the nation-! alisation of British busi-l nesses. buildings and farms: may also be raised, observ-i ers believe. Claims have been lodged:

iamounting to some £2.5 mil-1 Ilion, but although Tanzania! 'has promised that full and! fair compensation will be' paid, none has been so far.! .Some of the claims date’ (back eight years. \ Tomorrow, Sir Aleci Douglas-Home is due to! ' have a meeting with Presi- 1 ’dent Julius Nyerere, and; (thenhold a press conference, before flying on to Nairobi,! ! the fourth and final leg of; I his current tour, which! Ibegan with Zambia.