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...offer to begin sharing political power with the blacks immediately and to hold free elections, based on universal adult suffrage, by Dec. 31. This proposal was accepted by a number of Rhodesia's most prominent moderate black nationalists, who had long opposed Smith's regime. The popular Bishop Abel Muzorewa, for example, sees Smith's plan as a chance to establish black rule peacefully, although there is mounting evidence that this view is much too optimistic (see WORLD). Smith's plan has been rejected by the leaders of the radical Patriotic Front, guerrillas who have been waging an increasingly costly...
...internal settlement that Prime Minister Smith worked out last March with three moderate black leaders?Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole and Chief Jeremiah Chirau?had not been expected to provide an easy transition to black majority rule in Rhodesia. Last week it was clear that Smith's settlement plan had not only faltered, but might be close to failure...
Those who remained must deal with another problem: the bitter division between black advocates of the internal settlement and those who support the Patriotic Front. Says a student: "There is too much tension in the towns between those who support [Bishop Abel] Muzorewa or [the Rev. Ndabaningi] Sithole and backers of the Patriotic Front. Sometimes it leads to people being knifed. If we talked politics, the same would happen here. We are in a different world here. It would be nice if we never had to leave...
...holding senior positions in the civil service and police. Since then, according to veteran civil servants, the level of cooperation between black and white ministers sharing the same portfolio has been generally high. But the real test is whether the blacks on Rhodesia's governing Executive Council-Bishop Muzorewa, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole and Chief Jeremiah Chirau-can pull off a ceasefire; the evidence so far strongly suggests they cannot. They still routinely invite Patriotic Front Leaders Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo to return home and participate in free elections, but with little result. Nkomo replied recently that...
What happens next? Presumably, Ian Smith now recognizes that his principal black partners in the interim government, Muzorewa and Sithole, are of no practical use to him in ending the war. There is pressure on the government to participate in a round of all-party talks, as proposed months ago by the British and American governments. The first priority of such a meeting would be to bring about a ceasefire. Presumably, neither Mugabe nor Nkomo would accept one unless they thought they had a very good chance of dominating a new government. Smith has consistently expressed skepticism about the value...