FILM SHOWS PRESIDENT NYERERE ARRIVING AT THE SITE WHERE A CROWD OF ONLOOKERS HAD GATHERED TO WELCOME HIM. IT ALSO SHOWS HIM TALKING WITH A GERMAN EXPERT, EXAMINING THE FLATS AND INSPECTING THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.




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Background: PRESIDENT NYERERE OF TANZANIA YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) VISITED A BUILDING SITE ON ZANZIBAR, WHERE A HUGE BLOCK OF FLATS IS BEING BUILT AS A GIFT FROM EAST GERMANY. II WAS JUST ONE STOP MADE BY THE TANZANIAN PRESIDENT WHO'S ON A TOUT OF INSPECTION OF THE ISLAND.

THE FLATS PROJECT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF TECHNICAL AID AND ASSISTANCE FOR TANZANIA BEING MADE BY BOTH EAST AND WEST. ION THIS CASE, THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC PROVIDED ALL THE MATERIALS FOR THE BUILDING, INCLUDING SAND - WHICH IS AVAILABLE IN LARGE QUANTITIES, LOCALLY.

THE BUILDING PROVIDE 150 LIVING UNITS FOR NEEDY FAMILIES AND IT'S EXPECTED THAT THEY'LL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION SOMETIME IN THE NEW YEAR.

(PRESIDENT NYERERE WAS NAMED PRESIDENT OF TANZANIA IN APRIL WHEN TANGANYIKA AND ZANZIBAR FORMED A POLITICAL UNION.)