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...negotiators use. "In the light of the discussions we have had," said Robert Mugabe, co-leader of the Patriotic Front, "if you are prepared to include [our] forces in paragraph 13 of the British paper, we are able to agree to the interim proposals." Impassively, British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington said that a sentence would be added to the paragraph in question: "The Patriotic Front Forces will be required to comply with the directions of the Governor...
With that, Lord Carrington's face broke into a broad grin. After ten weeks of touch-and-go negotiations at London's Lancaster House, Mugabe and his fellow guerrilla leader, Joshua Nkomo, had finally accepted a British-drafted plan for a transitional period leading to new elections and legal independence for the breakaway British colony. Endorsed two weeks ago by the biracial delegation of Salisbury's Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa, the plan will go into effect as soon as final agreement is reached on a cease-fire between the warring factions. At long last...
...miracle was the result of weeks of brinkmanship bargaining. Faced with Carrington's tough demand that they take the plan or leave it, the Patriotic Front came under intense pressure from leaders of the front-line African states to give their assent. Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, who flew to London last week to confer with the guerrillas and with the Thatcher government, was instrumental in persuading the Front to accept a compromise. Mugabe and Nkomo dropped their original demands for a share of political power and the integration of their military forces with Salisbury's army during...
...East after years of xenophobic isolationism. The country's increasing importance was underscored by a visit to Baghdad last month by Jordan's King Hussein for discussions on a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement. Other recent callers have included French Premier Raymond Barre, British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington and his West German counterpart, Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Their visits are solid evidence of the growing Western interest in Iraq and of Baghdad's desire to open new economic and diplomatic relations with the West. They also suggest that Saddam Hussein, 42, who replaced ailing Ahmed Hassan al Bakr...
...still not very satisfied at the way the British are handling things. When they proceeded without us to talk to the Salisbury group, it confirmed our suspicions: Lord Carrington just wants to show the world an acceptable constitution and then say that the Patriotic Front is refusing to implement this reasonable document because the interim arrangements are not to its satisfaction. They want to lift sanctions and pass legislation for a government that will play their tune. This is what I call the law of Moses. Carrington is the type of man who believes he can make no mistakes...