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FREEDOMWAYS   THIRD QUARTER 1966

actually take precedence of the law of the land. And every officer must obey the order of his immediate superior. Further, the army has guns to enforce its will.

When, therefore, in the wisdom of the "great white fathers" circumstances arise deemed "unseemly" or "unhealthy" in a former colony, what is more natural than that the imperialists should consult their former "cadets" who are not their "colleagues"? And how place allegiance to an absent Commander-in-Chief, himself a "native," not really an army man, and without the endowments of Sandhurst, against the well-considered counsel of experience and world-wide rule?

The machinery existed in Ghana. But it was necessary for agents to come in for the proper staging. For there was no climate of revolution in Ghana. Although the bourgeoisie's long-standing dislike of Kwame Nkrumah was frequently expressed over cocktails and in hotel lounges, this was no longer a clearly defined group, most of its members having been absorbed into the demanding and ever-expanding life of the country. They were professors in the universities, teacher training colleges and professional schools, ambassadors in foreign countries, represented Ghana at the United Nations in New York and Geneva, chaired corporations and marketing boards at home. They still talked about how they could run everything better, but for them Ghanaian life was decidedly pleasant.

Nor were the traders ready to "overthrow" anybody. They were shrewd, ruthless and frequently dishonest. They knew better than anybody else who was applying "the squeeze" and causing shortages. And they had little chance of getting any "cuts" from the big, powerful monopolies! Their speculation in the black market were risky, and they had to step lively to avoid the current "investigating committees." But some of their collaborators were in high places. They were making money and they were suspicious of change--especially if Europeans were in favor of it!

We have emphasized that there were stresses and strains in Ghana, that there were difficulties and that the nation was called upon to work very hard. It was true that the nation was called upon to work very hard. It was true that some members of the Convention People's Party had lost the early zeal and devotion which would take them into distant villages and still undeveloped communities to work, shoulder to shoulder, with the people there. There were some gaps between doctrine taught and down-to-earth daily performance. But that there was dictatorship or tyranny, that there were widespead

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