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...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...
...Bishop Muzorewa, still regarded as the most popular black leader inside Rhodesia, denounced the military operations as "abhorrent massacres" that would "adversely prejudice" any talks with Smith. Proclaiming a week of mourning, the bishop declared that the dead are "mostly men, women and children who fled from the land of their birth to seek asylum." He said there could be no negotiations during the mourning period and boycotted last week's talks. Sithole, who was traveling in the U.S. to drum up support for his African National Council, also condemned the raids...
...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...
...possible with Smith in charge, and 2) the war will go on if leaders of the militant Patriotic Front are excluded from the transition process. Another, and more immediate problem is whether any moderate black leaders will agree to discuss Smith's plan. Already both Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, the most important nationalist leaders inside the country, have said that they will refuse to join the "broader based" Cabinet that Smith has proposed as a first step...