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When Rhodesia declared UDI in the late 60s we in Zambia were put on petrol rationing, 4 gallons per month. The businessmen in the Congo responded by driving lorries loaded with 44 gallon drums of petrol and parking just their side of the border. I joined a friend to go and buy some and we drove our cars through the border at Mokambo. The immigration and customs staff did the best they could. Perhaps, heaven forbid, they were on a retainer. The petrol was decanted into our waiting vessels by men on the lorry, syphoning through 1/2 inch garden hose. If you imagine yourself sucking water through a 1/2 inch garden hose to start the syphon and how much you got in your mouth ! I observed usually dark brown coloured men turn green.
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