Government leader: President Ahmed Sekou Touré, who has been designated "The Supreme Leader of the Revolution"

Suffrage: universal over age 18

Elections: approximate schedule-5 years parliamentary, latest in 1975; 7 years presidential, latest in 1975 Political parties and leaders: only party is Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG), headed by Sekou Toure Communists: no Communist party, although there are some sympathizers

Member of: AFDB, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, ILO, IMF, ITU, Niger River Commission, NAM, OAU, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO

ECONOMY

GNP: $1.1 billion (1977 est.), $240 per capita Agriculture: cash crops-coffee, bananas, palm products, peanuts, and pineapples; staple food crops-cassava, rice, millet, corn, sweet potatoes; livestock raised in some areas Major industries: bauxite mining, alumina, light manufacturing and processing industries

Electric power: 101,500 kW capacity (1977); 500 million kWh produced (1977), 110 kWh per capita

Exports: $334 million (f.o.b., 1978 est.); bauxite, alumina, coffee, pineapples, bananas, palm kernels

Imports: $272 million (f.o.b., 1978 est.); petroleum products, metals, machinery and transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles

Major trade partners: Communist countries, Western Europe (including France), U.S.

Budget: (FY78) public revenue $374.4 million, current expenditures $215.4 million, development expenditures $184.6 million

Monetary conversion rate: 20.3 syli-US$1 floating (end 1978)

Fiscal year: 1 October-30 September

COMMUNICATIONS

Railroads: 805 km; 662 km meter gage (1.000 m), 143 km standard gage (1.435 m)

Highways: 7,604 km total; 4,949 km paved, remainder unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 1,795 km; 500 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels, 1,295 km navigable by shallow-draft native craft

Ports: 1 major (Conakry), 3 minor

Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 18 total, 17 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

DEFENSE FORCES

Military manpower: males 15-49, 1,358,000; 682,000 fit for military service

Population: 640,000 (January 1980), average annual growth rate 1.9% (current)

Nationality: noun-Guinean(s); adjective-Guinean Ethnic divisions: about 99% African (Balanta 30%, Fulani 20%, Mandyako 14%, Malinke 13%, and 23% other tribes); less than 1% European and mulatto

Religion: 66% animist, 30% Muslim, 4% Christian Language: Portuguese and numerous African languages Literacy: 3% to 5%

Labor force: 90% of economically active population engaged in subsistence agriculture

GOVERNMENT

Legal name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Type: republic; achieved independence from Portugal in September 1974; constitution promulgated 1974

Capital: Bissau

Political subdivisions: 9 municipalities, 3 circumscriptions (predominantly indigenous population) Legal system: to be determined National holiday: 12 September

Branches: National Popular Assembly to be elected for three-year term; Council of State Commissars, 16 members; the official party is the supreme political institution.

Government leaders: President of Council of State and Chief of State is Luis de Almeida Cabral; Principal Commissioner (Head of Government), Maj. João Bernardo Vieira; Secretary General of the Official party, Aristides Pereira

Suffrage: universal over age 18
Elections: none held to date

Political parties and leaders: Partido Africano da Independencia da Guinee e Cabo Verde (PAIGC), led by Aristide Pereira, only legal party

Communists: a few Communists, some sympathizers Member of: G-77, IBRD, IMF, NAM, OAU, U.N., UPU ECONOMY

GDP: $174 million (est. 1978), $280 per capita Agriculture: main crops-palm oil, root crops, rice, coconuts, peanuts

Electric power: 11,000 kW capacity (1977); 17 million kWh produced (1977), 30 kWh per capita

Exports: $11.1 million (CY78); principally peanuts, coconuts, shrimp, fish, wood

Imports: $50 million (CY78); foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, transport equipment

Major trade partners: mostly Portugal, also immediate neighbors

Budget: (1978 est.) revenue $15.4 million, expenditure $35.2 million

Monetary conversion rate: using Portuguese currency; 33.8 escudos US$1 (1978)

Fiscal year: probably is the calendar year

WATER

(See reference map III)

Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 3 nm (fishing 200 nm)

Coastline: 459 km

PEOPLE

Population: 829,000 (January 1980), average annual growth rate 1.3% (current)

Nationality: noun-Guyanese (sing., pl.); adjectiveGuyanese

Ethnic divisions: 51% East Indians, 43% Negro and Negro mixed, 4% Amerindian, 2% white and Chinese Religion: 57% Christian, 33% Hindu, 9% Muslim, 1% other

Language: English

Literacy: 86%

Labor force: 242,000 (1975); 29% agriculture, 31% manufacturing/mining, 40% services; 21% unemployed Organized labor: 34% of labor force

GOVERNMENT

Legal name: Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Type: republic within Commonwealth
Capital: Georgetown

Political subdivisions: 9 administrative districts Legal system: based on English common law with certain admixtures of Roman-Dutch law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: 23 February

Branches: Council of Ministers presided over by Prime Minister; 53-member unicameral legislative National Assembly (elected); Supreme Court

Government leader: Prime Minister L. F. S. Burnham; President Arthur Chung

Suffrage: universal over age 18 as of constitutional amendment August 1973

Elections: last held in July 1973; results of government sponsored referendum, held 10 July 1978, postponed required elections and empowered ruling party to draft a new constitution

Political parties and leaders: People's National Congress (PNC), L. F. S. Burnham; People's Progressive Party (PPP), Cheddi Jagan; United Force (UF), Feilden Singh

Voting strength (1973 election): 70.2% PNC, 26.2% PPP, 3.6% other

Communists: est. 100 hard-core within PPP; top echelons of PPP and PYO (Progressive Youth Organization, militant wing of the PPP) include many Communists, but rank and file is conservative and non-Communist; small but unknown number of orthodox Marxist-Leninists within PNC, some of whom are PPP turncoats

Other political or pressure groups: Trades Union Congress (TUC); Working People's Alliance (WPA); Working People's Vanguard Party (WPVP); Guyana Council of Indian Organizations (GCIO); Civil Liberties Action Committee (CLAC); the latter two organizations are small and active but not well organized

Member of: CARICOM, CDB, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IBA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAS (observer), SELA, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO

ECONOMY

GNP: $472 million (1978), $580 per capita; no real growth 1978

Agriculture: main crops-sugarcane, rice, other food crops; food shortages-wheat flour, cooking oil, processed meat, dairy products

Major industries: bauxite mining, alumina production, sugar and rice milling, timber

Electric power: 175,000 kW capacity (1977); 370 million kWh produced (1977), 450 kWh per capita

Exports: $296 million (f.o.b., 1978); bauxite, sugar, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, timber, diamonds, rum Imports: $279 million (c.i.f., 1978); manufactures, machinery, food, petroleum

Major trade partners: exports-31% U.K., 19% U.S., 16% CARICOM, 5% Canada; imports-26% U.S., 21% U.K., 26% CARICOM, 4% Canada (1977)

Budget: revenue, $189 million; expenditure, $252 million (1978)

Monetary conversion rate: floating with US dollar, 1 US$=G$2.55

Fiscal year: calendar year

COMMUNICATIONS

Railroads: 109 km total, all single track; 80 km 0.914meter gage, 29 km 1.067-meter gage

Highways: 5,700 km total; 550 km paved, 1,850 km gravel, and 3,300 km earth

Inland waterways: 5,900 km; Demerara River navigable to Mackenzie by ocean steamers, others by ferryboats, small craft only

Ports: 1 major (Georgetown), 3 minor

Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft, including 1 leased in

Airfields: 94 total, 88 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 13 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: highly developed telecom system with radio-relay network and over 27,000 telephones (3.3 per 100 popl.); tropospheric scatter link to Trinidad; 6 AM, 2 FM and no TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station DEFENSE FORCES

Military manpower: males 15-49, 196,000; 149,000 fit for military service

Military budget: for fiscal year ending 31 December 1978, $17.5 million; 6.9% of central government budget

Political subdivisions: 5 departments (despite constitutional provision for 9)

Legal system: based on Roman civil law system; constitution adopted 1964 and amended 1971; legal education at State University in Port-au-Prince and private law colleges in Cap-Haitien, Les Cayes, Gonaives, and Jeremie; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: Independence Day, 1 January Branches: lifetime President, unicameral 58-member legislature of very limited powers, judiciary appointed by President

Government leader: President-for-life, Jean-Claude Duvalier

Suffrage: universal over age 18

Elections: constitution as amended in 1971 provides for lifetime president to be designated by his predecessor and ratified by electorate in plebiscite; legislative elections, which are held every 6 years, last held February 1979

Political parties: National Unity Party; Haitian Christian Democratic Party; Haitian Christian Democratic Party of June 27; Haitian National Christian Party; United Haitian Communist Party (PUCH), illegal (Communist)

Voting strength (1973 legislative elections): 100% National Unity Party (Duvalier)

Communists: strength unknown; party leaders believed in

exile

Other political or pressure groups: none

Member of: FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBA, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDB, IFC, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ITU, OAS, SELA, U.N., UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO ECONOMY

GNP: $1.3 billion (1978), $230 per capita; real growth rate 1978, 6%

Agriculture: main crops-coffee, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum, pulses; caloric intake, 1,850 calories per day per capita

Major industries: sugar refining, textiles, flour milling, cement manufacturing, bauxite mining, tourism, light assembly industries

Electric power: 130,000 kW capacity (1978); 230 million kWh produced (1978), 42 kWh per capita

Exports: $148 million (f.o.b., 1978); coffee, light industrial

products, bauxite, sugar, essential oils, sisal

Imports: $209 million (f.o.b., 1978); consumer durables, foodstuffs, industrial equipment, petroleum products, construction materials

Major trade partners: exports-77% U.S.; imports-51% U.S. (1977)

Aid: economic-bilateral commitments including Ex-Im (FY70-77) from U.S., $117.9 million; (1970-77) from other Western countries, $82.7 million; military-U.S., $0.7 million

Budget: (1978/79 est.) revenue, $140 million; expenditure, $257 million

Monetary conversion rate: 5 gourdes = US$1
Fiscal year: 1 October-30 September

COMMUNICATIONS

Railroads: 80 km narrow gage (0.760 m), single-track, privately owned industrial line; 8 km dual-gage 0.760- to 1.065-meter gage, government line, dismantled

Highways: 3,200 km total; 600 km paved, 950 km otherwise improved, 1,650 km unimproved

Inland waterways: negligible; about 100 km navigable Ports: 2 major (Port-au-Prince, Cap Haitien), 12 minor Civil air: 8 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 15 total, 12 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway 2,440-3,659 m, 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: all domestic facilities inadequate, international facilities slightly better; telephone expansion program underway; 18,000 telephones (0.3 per 100 popl.); 40 AM, 5 FM, and 1 TV station; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station

WATER

Limits of territorial waters (claimed): 12 nm Coastline: 820 km

PEOPLE

Population: 3,702,000 (January 1980), average annual growth rate 3.4% (current)

Nationality: noun-Honduran(s); adjective-Honduran Ethnic divisions: 90% mestizo, 7% Indian, 2% Negro, and 1% white

Religion: about 97% Roman Catholic
Language: Spanish

Literacy: 47% of persons 10 years of age and over (est. 1970)

Labor force: approx. 816,000 (1976); 66% agriculture, 12% services, 8% manufacturing, 5% unemployed, 3% unspecified

commerce, 6%

Organized labor: 40% of labor force (1976)

GOVERNMENT

Legal name: Republic of Honduras

Type: republic

Capital: Tegucigalpa

Political subdivisions: 18 departments

Legal system: based on Roman and Spanish civil law; some influence of English common law; constitution adopted 1965; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court; legal education at University of Honduras in Tegucigalpa; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations.

National holiday: Independence Day, 15 September Branches: constitution provides for elected President, unicameral legislature, and national judicial branch

Government leader: Chief of State Brig. Gen. Policarpo PAZ Garcia dominates a three-man junta

Suffrage: universal and compulsory over age 18 Elections: government leaders have indicated an intention to hold elections in April 1980

Political parties and leaders: while denied an institutional role in government since the 4 December 1972 military takeover, the political parties were allowed to hold internal elections, issue public declarations, and continue their organizational activities; with the scheduling of elections the parties are expected to become more active; ... beginning the process of refurbishing: Liberal Party (PLH), Modesto Rodas Alvarado, Carlos Roberto Reina Idiaguez, Jorge Bueso Arias; National Party (PNH), Alejandro Lopez Cantarero, Ricardo Zuniga Augustinus, Mario Rivera Lopez, Martin Aquero; Popular Progressive Party (PPP) (uninscribed), Gonzalo Carias Castillo; National Innovation and Unity Party (PINU), Miguel Andonie Fernandez; Honduran Christian Democratic Party (PDCH) (uninscribed), Hernan Corrales Padilla; Workers Party of Honduras (PTH)

(Communist) (uninscribed), Rogue Ochoa; Communist Party of Honduras/Soviet (PCH/S) (outlawed), Dionisio Ramos Bejarano; Communist Party of Honduras/China (PCH/C) (outlawed), Agapito Robledo Castro

Voting strength (1971 elections): National Party (PNH) 306,028; Liberal Party (PLH) 276,777

Communists: about 1,500

Other political or pressure groups: National Association of Honduran Campesinos (ANACH); Council of Honduran Private Enterprise (COHEP); Confederation of Honduran Workers (CTH)

Member of: CACM, FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDB, IFC, ILO, IMCO, IMF, ISO, ITU, OAS, U.N., UNESCO, UPEB, UPU, WHO, WMO

ECONOMY

GDP: $1,170 million (1978), $500 per capita; 67% private consumption, 14% government consumption, 27% domestic investment; -8% net foreign balance (1978); real growth rate, average 1971-75, 2.6%; real growth rate 1978, 8%

Agriculture: main crops-bananas, coffee, corn, beans, cotton, sugarcane, tobacco; caloric intake, 2,200 calories per day per capita (1970)

Fishing: catch 4,369 metric tons (1977); exports est. $0.8 million (1976); imports $0.8 million (1974)

Major industries: agricultural processing, textiles, clothing, wood products

Electric power: 172,500 kW capacity (1977); 450 million kWh produced (1977), 130 kWh per capita

Exports: $616 million (f.o.b., 1978); bananas, coffee, lumber, meat, petroleum products

Imports: $704 million (f.o.b. 1978); manufactured products, machinery, transportation equipment, chemicals, petroleum

Major trade partners: exports-50% U.S., 9% CACM, 18% West Germany (1977); imports-43% U.S., 6% Venezuela, 12% CACM, 11% Japan, 4% West Germany (1977)

Aid: economic-extensions from U.S. (FY46-76), $122 million loans, $96 million grants; from international organizations (FY46-73), $291 million; from other Western countries (1960-73), $7.0 million; military-assistance from U.S. (FY46-75), $20 million

Budget (1978): expenditures, $365 million, revenues $286 million

Monetary conversion rate: 2 lempiras US$1 (official) Fiscal year: calendar year

COMMUNICATIONS

Railroads: 574 km total; 325 km 1.067-meter gage, 249 km 0.914-meter gage

Highways: 7,300 km total; 1,450 km paved, 4,150 km otherwise improved, 1,700 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 1,200 km navigable by small craft Ports: 3 major (Puerto Cortes, La Ceiba, Tela), 9 minor