Ghana in Search of Regional Integration Agenda 12 forced out of Ghana and his call for dialogue between the OAU and apartheid South Africa. The latter was widely condemned by Ghanaians and other Africans alike. Posterity, however, vindicated Busia because the Carter and Reagan administrations of the US supported and used'constructive engagement' in the 1980s and 1990s with the full backing of the OAU. Power was transferred to Rhodesia and the back of apartheid was finally broken in South Africa in 1990 through the use of'constructive dialogue' amid sporadic guerrilla tactics. The ACO was intended to ensure that given the huge presence of non-Ghanaian Africans and expatriates such as Lebanese, Syrians and Indians in Ghana, non­citizens resident in Ghana fulfilled the legal requirements for residence. Those who refused to regularise their stay in Ghana were repatriated. This unfortunately affected an estimated one million non-Ghanaian Africans which soured Ghana's relations with their countries of origin, especially Nigeria. The enforcement of the ACO occurred in the heat of Nigeria's civil war. This compelled the PP administration to extend refugee status to the Ibos as a humanitarian act as they were under attack in Nigeria. The PP was accused by their Nigerian counterpart as being sympathetic to the Ibo's when they refused to extend refugee status to all Nigerians. The NRC(later the SMC I and SMC II) regime also came to power through the barrel of the gun with far-reaching implications for the formulation and conduct of foreign policy. This was largely influenced by domestic policies that were implemented such as the repudiation of foreign debts, forceful acquisition of shares in foreign companies, re-evaluation of the cedi and price control. The regime was pro­Nkrumah and populist minded. In pursuance of winning the support of the OAU and carving a niche for himself, Gen. Acheampong renounced the ACO and the policy of dialogue with apartheid South Africa as proposed by Busia. Acheampong's regime fully supported the non-aligned policy and the liberation struggle especially against Rhodesia. To this end, he formed the African Youth High Command which consisted of amorphous groups under the CPP regime such as the Ghana Young Pioneer Movement and the Worker's Brigade with the aim of marching on Rhodesia. It is worth noting that this formal attack on Rhodesia never took place. Following in the ideals of Nkrumah and as a sign of economic goodwill, Ghana gave a donation of$50,000 to Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde which had declared de facto independence from Portugal in July 1973. This was done through the 1973 OAU Ministerial Council in Addis Ababa. The regime like its predecessors was elected to the Liberation Committee and was instrumental in hosting the Committee's meeting in Accra in 1974. Ghana also proposed the opening of a Liberation Information Centre in Accra in 1975 with the hope that it would coordinate the affairs and progress of the liberation struggles as well as serve as an information and propaganda outfit for nationalist fighters in Southern Africa.