Yugoslavia: Neutralizing Down South

Among traveling statesmen, Africa is the favorite new tourist spot. The latest is Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito, who last week was winding up a vast swing around Africa's west coast.

For almost two months, his yacht, the Caleb (Seagull), had hopped from port to port because Tito is afraid of airplanes. Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah had a warm hug for the visitor before the two drove down crowd-lined highways to a physical-fitness rally at Accra Stadium. In Conakry, Guinean girls danced in the streets, cheering wildly as Tito waved from his open car; and in...

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