Bot-Zam Highway Ribbon-Cutting Scissors
England 1977
Scissors from ceremonial ribbon-cutting of the Bot-Zam highway on January 20, 1977. The highway linked Botswana with Zambia, providing a vital connection between Botswana and its only majority-ruled neighbor in an era of apartheid. The U.S. ambassador to Botswana, Donald R. Norland, performed the ribbon-cutting.
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