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White civilians, particularly farmers in the border area, have also been caught in the war's crossfire. Last week a white couple, their black servant and an eight-year-old child were murdered by terrorists who fled across the border into Botswana. Such incidents are taking their toll on the daily lives of the country's whites. During a 1,200-mile tour of Rhodesia, TIME'S Johannesburg bureau chief William McWhirter stopped at missions and family farms, many of them along the guerrilla-infested border with Mozambique. He found that while many whites still believe they...
...idealism and realistic understanding of the Rhodesian impasse. Rhodesian diplomats, who were angered by the cold aloofness of a team led in January by Britain's U.N. Ambassador, Ivor Richard, described Owen as "tough" and "refreshing." He is hopeful that the heads of the front-line states-Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia-can persuade Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe of the anti-Smith Patriotic Front to attend the new conference. Last week Owen discussed his views on Rhodesia with TIME London Bureau Chief Herman Nickel. Excerpts...
...drawn by readers who made their own tally of nations for which no major violations were reported: of the 82 countries that now receive U.S. aid, human rights seem to be alive and well in only 23, barely one-quarter of the total. The 23 states: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Israel (except the occupied territories), Italy, Japan, Malta, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland), Venezuela and West Germany...
Richard called Smith's decision "tragic and fateful." The Briton had reached cautious accord with leaders of the five black "frontline" countries surrounding Rhodesia-Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Angola. He had also talked with four black nationalist leaders, Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo of the hard-line Patriotic Front, and the more moderate Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole. Only Smith, said Richard, had balked completely. "Smith wants to settle on his own terms. That's not settlement by negotiation. That's settlement by ultimatum...
...Dozens of students are still detained under draconian security laws, and at least 1,000 others face trial on such catchall charges as causing public violence. Perhaps another 1,000 students, fearing further police pressure in the form of post-midnight security sweeps, have fled South Africa for neighboring Botswana and Swaziland...