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"OPERATION ANVIL" IN KENYA
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ONE HOUR before dawn on April 24, 5,000 troops, backed by 1,000 armed police and by
the loyal Kikuyu home guard-, launched "operation anvil"-the biggest anti-Mau Mau screen-
ing operation since the state of emergency in Kenya began l8 months ago. It was expected
that well over 30,000 men would be screened. Photo shows some of those detained, at a
reception camp outside Nairobi after being brought by lorries from barbed wire enclosures
in the town.- ?'>> t ' ? <? rt
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