Ghana in Search of Regional Integration Agenda 11 sent to Guinea, Egypt, Tunis, Morocco, Algeria and Zambia, which because of their close ties with Nkrumah had condemned the coup and the junta. Ghana's restored friendship with Togo and Cote d'Ivoire halted the smuggling of cocoa beans from Ghana and unauthorised routes and porous borders with the two neighbours were blocked. 21 The NLC administration showed its diplomatic finesse and leadership by supporting Nigeria when the state was thrown into a state of emergency following an aborted coup d'état which resulted in heavy casualties. Lt. Gen. J. A. Ankrah issued a statement sympathising with the Nigerians and subsequently gave the military leaders of Nigeria the opportunity to iron out their differences at the Peruse Lodge in Aburi, Ghana. Significantly, this mark of leadership was demonstrated when Ghana was saddled with its own internal challenges. In pursuance of its regional concerns, the NLC signed a protocol of understanding with the Military Government of Nigeria and the governments of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Gambia in December 1966. The protocol was to enhance the pooling of resources for the reactivation of the West African Airways which was dissolved by Nkrumah in 1957. Apart from the cementing of a healthy integration relationship, nothing concrete resulted out of the protocol. On the African front, the NLC had the challenge of asserting its authority among its peers at the OAU. This was crucial to them as Nkrumah was still trying to hold onto the reins of power from Guinea. In March 1966, the NLC was able to assert its authority as the legal representative of Ghana at the OAU Ministerial Council Meeting and Heads of State Summit with the help of Nigeria. In addition, the NLC provided adequate financial support for the African anti-colonial nationalists through the OAU. Further, the NLC upheld the policy of non-alignment and positive neutrality and was also guided by its self-interest. Thus, the NLC renewed diplomatic relations with Rhodesia now called Zimbabwe. Unlike the NLC regime(which voluntarily gave up power), the Progress Party(PP) administration was democratically elected under the 2 nd Republic of Ghana. Nevertheless, it was also pro-West and continued with the NLC's line of traditional diplomacy and integration. Regional security and economic survival guided its relations with its immediate neighbours and Africa in general. Prime Minister Busia paid up Ghana's arrears to the OAU Liberation Committee and participated effectively in the deliberations of the various committees of the OAU. Prime Minister Busia initiated two policies that were quite controversial- the Aliens Compliance Order(ACO) of 1969 which saw several citizens of West African neighbours been 21 Ibid., p. 271.