The Three Worlds of the Cold War between 30 April and 24 June 1975

Optivicente765:

Notes: All of the countries in green (plus the ones in cyan and light red) were part of the Non-Aligned Movement at that time besides the ones in Europe (minus Yugoslavia), Guyana, Fiji, Albania and China. Althought Argentina and Chile were also part of the NAM during that time, not only were they part of the Rio Pact but also were under Western-backed, anti-communist dictatorships. Althought Peru was also part of both the NAM and the Rio Pact, its dictator was against the US and maintaned close ties to the USSR.

Cuba, Congo, Ethiopia, North Korea, Somalia and South Yemen were also part of the NAM but they had Marxist-Leninist governments with close ties to the Soviet Union. Mongolia, Guinea-Bissau and Vietnam weren't in the NAM either so that's why they're outright colored red.

Albania, China and Kampuchea were governed by Marxist-Leninist governments which however were against the Soviet Union and its satellite states, which is why they are part of the Third World, althought during this time China was starting to have close ties with the US, which means I could've colored it light blue althought it was also a bit complicated, since Kampuchea also had close ties to China but at the same time was against the US, althought this would change after 1979.

Romania's case is similar to Peru, being part of a military pact with one of the superpowers (this time the USSR), but it had an independent foreign policy unlike the other Warsaw Pact members, and it was mainly neutrality, althought it would sometimes lean to the West, it wasn't part of the Non-Aligned Movement however. Since I thought it would be tricky, I decided to just keep Romania as part of the Second World.

EDIT: Forgot to add Equatorial Guinea, it had close ties with the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1979 while under the dictatorship of Francisco Macias Nguema. Also forgot to color Comoros which during that time was a French colony so it would've been blue.

Finland, Guyana and Jamaica should maybe be colored light red while The Bahamas, Fiji and Ireland should be light blue. Morocco maybe could be light blue too. I also think Tanzania and Zambia should actually be green while Uganda should be light red since IIRC the first two had support from China while the latter had support from the Soviets

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