"Botswana le bokopano jwa  Soviet bo simolotse botsalano jwa bone ka kgwedi ya Mopitlwe a tlhola borataro ngwaga wa  1970, gape le ditiro tsa  Soviet di ne di direlwa kwa diofising tsa boemidi jwa Soviet  kwa Lusaka, Zambia. Le fa mediro ya bone e amana thata le ngwao ya sekgowa lefatshe la, Botswana le ne la tsaya karolomo metshamekong ya 1980 Summer Olympics, se se le diri go nna lefatshe la ntlha go tsaya karolo mo metshamekong ya mafatshefatshe kwa  Moscow. Gape ka Ferikgong a tlhola lesome le bone ngwaga wa, 1977, mo pitsong ya go tlhaselwa ya  Botswana ke Southern Rhodesia,Soviet Union e ne ya kopana le lekgotla la tshireleltso molao la  United Nations Security Council  go kgala ditlhaselo tseo."