Despite the cessation of diplomatic contact, Tanzania cooperated with the UK in airlifting emergency oil supplies to landlocked Zambia, whose normal oil supply had been cut off by Smith's Rhodesian government
Ngakhale kutha kwa kulumikizana ndi akazembe, Tanzania idagwirizana ndi UK ponyamula mafuta adzidzidzi ku Zambia yomwe inali yopanda madzi, yomwe boma la Smith la Rhodesian lidathetsedwa.