Soviet Foreign Policy in Africa INTRODUCTION This research examines the

Under the leadership of Stalin, Soviet policy toward SubSaharan Africa, and, indeed, toward the Third World generally, was, for the most part, one of disinterest.1 Stalin viewed the Third World with disdain. Nevertheless, under the colonial

1S. Bailer, and M. Mandelbaum, The Global Rivals (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988), 56.

1 2rule of the several European powers, communistoriented political groups were formed in the SubSaharan African countries. The primary goals of these political groups were gaining of political independence for their countries, and the establishment of proletarian governments in those countries.

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his context, Khrushchev was intrigued by the Third World.16 He believed that the emergence of independent states in SubSaharan Africa "offered fertile opportunities for the expansion of Soviet political influence . . . ."17 In the pursuit of this new approach to SubSaharan Africa, Soviet foreign policy became competitive with both the US and the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). The events transpiring in the RSA often appear to render all other contemporary developments in SubSaharan Africa as superfluous. To a great extent, however, the tragedy of the RSA is but a part of the interdependent political development of the entire region. All of the events occurring in SubSaharan Africa are related, and, to a great extent, interdependent. Beyond the region, these events have become intertwined with the interests, real or perceived, of the world's eastwest political __________ 15Handel, 47. 16Bialer, and Mandelbaum, 56. 17Ibid. 7struggles.18 The political developments in each of the countries of SubSaharan Africa are, thus, significant beyond the national borders within which they occur, although relative significance tends to vary. The foreign policy initiatives of the US and the Soviet
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