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...were disclosed last week, cast serious doubts on the sincerity of Smith's conciliatory statements calling for a negotiated transfer of power to the country's black majority. Suspicions increased when Smith unexpectedly convened the negotiations late last week (about seven days ahead of schedule) even though Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole-the two key moderate black leaders-would not be at the conference table...
...Patriotic Front of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, which for five years has been waging guerrilla war against the Smith regime from its bases in Mozambique and Zambia. Smith's latest announcement apparently means that he has made some kind of deal with the leading black moderates, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole. Both had previously insisted that there could be no negotiations until Smith accepted one-man, one-vote rule. Although he may, of course, attach a few strings later, Smith has apparently done just that...
...blacks and whites to "sit down together and work out a blueprint for Zimbabwe," the African name for Rhodesia. Jeremiah Chirau, the head of a group of tribal leaders, declared that "an end to terrorism must be in sight." Most important of all was the reaction of Bishop Muzorewa, probably the most popular of Rhodesia's black politicians. Addressing a rally of his African National Council's youth wing in Salisbury, Muzorewa said he was willing to enter negotiations. Expressing sympathy for the idea of guarantees for whites, the bishop added that "we are sincere and honest when...
DIED. Luigi Cardinal Traglia, 82, dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals; in Rome. After the death of Pope John XXIII, Traglia was widely mentioned as a possible successor. The Pro-Vicar General of Rome (1965-68), he was the city's principal ordaining bishop and responsible for the seal of ecclesiastical approval bestowed on all books published in Rome that fall within the church's authority. Celebrated for his erudition, Traglia was known in Vatican circles as "the living archive...
Californian Quinn is the first person from west of the Mississippi to head the bishops' conference since it assumed new power in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. As a bishop in Oklahoma for 5% years, he earned a reputation for aloofness from his flock, but one of his early projects after moving to San Francisco was a series of intimate "listening sessions" with priests...