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No. 0564
October 1972
Update of Tanzania Handbook
Please replace the August 1970 edition of the Tanzania Handbook with the
attached. Please retain the cover, map, and dividers.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
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I. GEOGRAPHY
Location and boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Area ..........................1
Topography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Natural resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Human resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
11. ECONOMIC BACKGROUND
Growth rate and trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Income distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Main sectors of the economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Government economic policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Foreign assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Foreign trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Balance of payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Financial system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
III. POLITICAL SITUATION AND TRENDS
Historical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Structure of government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Political dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Political problems ? ? . ? . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Police ? . . . . . . . . . 5
IV. SUBVERSION
Communist activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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