This report analyzes developments since the military's seizure of power in December 2008, Guinea's relations with the United States, and U.S. policy in the wake of the coup. It also provides background on Guinean history and politics.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of one policemen who was killed and another wounded in Londonderry when three youths ran out of a passageway and opened fire. American intelligence sources say that the Soviet Union is seeking a naval base on the west African coast. Negotiation which began for new contracts between 380-thousand workers and the then largest steel producers.