Hands off Zanzibar!

For several weeks a number of newspapers(in particular, the Sunday Telegraph) have been carrying stories about anarchy in Zanaibar, and weeping crocodile tears about the fate of the whites and Arabs in that country. These actions have led to a growing suspicion that the ground is being prepared for direct intervention by Britain against the left-wing Government of Zanzibar. The Financial Times,which does not write for the masses,is franker; in an article entitled "Will Nyerere ask for Help in Zanzibar?" it poses the question directly, It says: "s.sThe drift towards utter anarchy" (the big business view of workers taking over factories and running them as co-ops, no doubt) "or a consolidated Communist rule can be halted,..only by firm action from outside". Dismisaing the idea that other African states would be able to help, it continues: "It is more probable that Nyerere is increasingly yempted to turn to the West..eas he did earlier this year..." After saying that the U.S. and West Germany would almost certainly respond, it concludes: "In April Britain was ready to land forces in Zanzibar if both Nyerere and Karumée made a written request. eseeethe attractions of British assistance cannot be lost on President Nyerere." Let us not wait until the Tories launch another colonial adventure before we do anything.