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In March 1971 elements of the military were deployed to Freetown in Sierra Leone after the Sierra Leonean President, Stevens, appeared to start losing his control of the military.

Stevens visited Conakry on 19 March 1971, and soon afterwards, around 200 Guinean soldiers were despatched to Freetown.

Two Guinean MiGs made a low flyover of Freetown and Toure placed the Guinean military on alert ' because of the serious troubles affecting the fraternal peoples of Sierra Leone.

' The force, also reported as numbering 300, protected Stevens, though it was shortly reduced to 100 and then to fifty, plus a helicopter.

The last Guinean troops were withdrawn in 1974.