Complex sentence: Both syndicates, looking to win themselves friends in this battle of manipulation and propaganda, became compassionate with African and Asian colonial states, and they used a mishmash of money, technical aid and still more propaganda to buy African allies.
Split into simpler sentences: Both syndicates, looking to win themselves friends in this battle of manipulation and propaganda, became compassionate with African and Asian colonial states. They used a mishmash of money, technical aid and still more propaganda to buy African allies.