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Press, 25 May 1977, Page 8

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Young in Sudan The American Ambassau to the United Nations (Mr Andrew Young) has arrived in Sudan for talks at which President Nemery, who recently expelled all 90 Soviet experts advising his army, is expected to seek closer ties with the United States. Mr Young, who is nearing the end of a wide-ranging African tour, arrived after talks with President Kaunda of Zambia who is believed to have urged the United States to play a powerful role in the wings, if not the centre of the stage, to bring a black Government to Rhodesia because he was sceptical of Britain’s will do so. — Khartoum I oi s/er warning The South African Prim’ Minister (Mr John Vorsterl has said in an interview that in a conventional world war the Soviet Union would be able to control Europe’s sun ply sources. Mr Vorster said that military experts realised the danger, but this was not true of politicians. Mr Vorster said that black activists wanted to establish a Marxist dictatorship in the whole of Africa. They were financed, led, and armed by the Communists. — Paris. Nationalist freed The Fijian Nationalist Party leader, Mr Sakiasi Butadroka, and a party colleague have been freed on bail to await a Supreme Court trial, after spending about a month in jail. Mr Butadroka and Mr lona Walisoliso had been remanded in custody awaiting trial in the Suva Magistrate’s Court on charges under the Public Order Act. A third nationalist, Mr Jone Kama, had been granted bail on similar charges.—Suva.