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...voted by the U.N. in 1966 and 1968 to isolate the white Rhodesian regime of Ian Smith after it refused to share power with the black majority. The Administration wanted no change in U.S. policy. It views the sanctions as a powerful lever to prod Smith to accept an Anglo-American plan for a comprehensive settlement. This plan calls for participation by all black factions, guerrillas based outside the country as well as moderate nationalists inside. But there has been a growing feeling in Congress that the Administration's commitment to this formula does not pay enough attention to important...
...prevent situations "capable of causing a dangerous exacerbation of their relations" and "which would serve to increase international tensions." Moscow has ignored that pledge by its military intervention in Ethiopia, persistent attempts to derail Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's Middle East peace initiative, and efforts to discredit the Anglo-American formula for the peaceful transfer of power to the black majority in southern Africa...
...talks confidential, but TIME has learned that he called on the Chinese to use their influence to help counter Soviet moves in Africa. He specifically asked them to urge Robert Mugabe, one of the leaders of the Patriotic Front in Rhodesia, to be more flexible on the Anglo-American plan for bringing majority rule to the country. Brzezinski and the Chinese leaders also discussed their governments' mutual interest in countering political instability in Pakistan and Afghanistan...
...complaint Brzezinski will be hearing. The Chinese apparently want more consultation with Washington on matters of mutual strategic concern, such as events in Africa, the Middle East and the Asian subcontinent. Brzezinski may accommodate them by requesting that they use their influence in Africa to mobilize support for the Anglo-American plan on Rhodesia...
When Vance arrived in Africa in an effort to save the Anglo-American plan and broaden the base of the Rhodesian settlement, he was hopeful that both sides would agree to the round-table conference. After two days in Dar es Salaam, however, American negotiators complained that the Patriotic Front leaders were more adamant than ever about the role they want to play in a transition government and unwilling to say publicly that they would attend the round table. African observers insisted that Nkomo and Mugabe had merely adopted a tough negotiating posture and would make concessions later. Vance, however...