Sassou Nguesso aligned the country with the Eastern Bloc and signed a twenty-year friendship pact with the Soviet Union. Over the years, Sassou had to rely more on political repression and less on patronage to maintain his dictatorship. COUNT 4
QSN1 Which group of nations did Nguesso side the Congo with? ANS1 Eastern Bloc QSN2 Which Eastern Bloc nation did Nguesso sign a pact with? ANS2 the Soviet Union QSN3 What is a word that can be used to describe Sassou's type of government? ANS3 dictatorship QSN4 What was an important tool of the Sassou government? ANS4 political repression