The establishment of a Communist state in one of Africas most populous and geostrategic countries is an important lynchpin in Soviet ideological warfare. Ethiopias voting record in the United Nations is in perfect conformity with that of the Soviet Union. Ethiopias partycontrolled media dutifully follows the Soviet line on Afghanistan and its other world exploits. Throughout the famine crisis. scant mention was made in the Ethiopian press of Western contributions while every blanket donated by a Soviet bloc country was given prominent headlines. Mengistus policies have created hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian refugees in Somalia. Sudan. and Djibouti. Testimonies from the recent wave of highlevel defectors. including Foreign Minister Goshu Wolde.
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