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Ghana China
Next to the former Soviet Union, China was the most active
communist presence in Ghana. Chinese activities began in October
1962, when Beijing agreed to provide a loan for the construction of
two arms factories; Ghana, however, never used the funds. Two years
later, the two countries signed a secret agreement for the
provision of military equipment and advisers for Ghana's "freedom
fighters." In late 1964, a five-member team of Chinese guerrilla
warfare experts arrived at Half Assini Training Camp. Shortly
thereafter, this team inaugurated a twenty-day course that
consisted of training in the manufacture and the use of explosives,
guerrilla tactics, and "basic guiding and thinking on armed
struggle." Other Chinese instructors offered another course at
Obenimase Camp in Ashanti Region on strategy and tactics,
explosives, weapons use, telecommunications, and battlefield first
aid. An unknown number of Ghanaians also attended a three-month
espionage training course in China. Students from many other
African nations, including Zaire, Niger, Cameroon, Fernando Po,
Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina, Gabon,
Nigeria, and Guinea, also received intelligence training from the
Chinese in Ghana.
After the 1966 change of government, Ghana expelled 430 Chinese
nationals, including three intelligence officers and thirteen
guerrilla warfare specialists. Although they resumed diplomatic
relations in 1972, Ghana and China never re-initiated significant
military ties.
Data as of November 1994
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