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...closest the summit came to consensus was on how to end white rule in Rhodesia. For years black nationalists have been divided between relative moderates, such as Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, and the more extreme forces, which now call themselves the Patriotic Front, headed by Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe. The moderates, while willing to accept a gradual transfer of power, have also been insisting that black Rhodesians be allowed to choose their leaders in free elections. But the Patriotic Front wants first to take power and then hold elections. Demonstrating their ability to separate ideology...
...stubborn refusal all along to accept majority rule, he could have transferred power to the moderates some years ago. Now it is probably too late, although there is speculation in Salisbury that Smith might propose surrendering power to a predominantly black coalition government that would include Sithole, Muzorewa and a number of local chiefs...
...joint guerrilla force that is recognized by the frontline states as the sole legitimate liberation movement. Smith opposes U.S.British demands that any settlement include the guerrilla leaders. He wants the negotiators to come around to his own "internal solution"-meaning turning power over to black moderate Bishop Abel Muzorewa, who leads the nonmilitary United African National Council. The timing of the raid, a top Whitehall source told TIME, was "a very strange coincidence. Our assumption [of Smith's sincerity] has been badly shaken...
Ideally, Smith would like to deal with Bishop Abel Muzorewa's United African National Council. So far, Muzorewa (who is currently in Europe, presumably on a fund-raising trip) has refused to negotiate, though he might be willing to do so if he could avoid being branded a traitor by the Patriotic Front. Muzorewa has no guerrilla organization and practically no support from neighboring African states, but he is undeniably popular in Rhodesia and is hailed at rallies in Salisbury's huge Highfield township as "the black Moses." In the event of a broadly based plebiscite, Muzorewa might...
...then, is stepping in at a critical juncture. There is no longer any question that there will be some kind of majority rule in Zimbabwe. The issue that remains is the form that government will take. Muzorewa and Sithole seem willing to settle for a capitalist structure allowing U.S. and other multinationals to retain their control of Rhodesia's economy. While the ideology of the Patriotic Front is a little unclear, it seems at the moment to be heading in a socialist direction. The Front has accepted support from the Soviet Union, but without some support the freedom fighters could...