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...resolution of the Grenadian issue, may have put the participants in a sunnier mood for their New Delhi discussions this week. An end to the grumpiness seemed quite likely, since the talks were expected to turn to subjects on which the members are mostly in agreement: the independence of Namibia from South Africa (which the Commonwealth supports), and the declaration of an independent state two weeks ago by ethnic Turks in Commonwealth-member Cyprus (which the body deplores). But one unifying factor would be missing: the Queen, after winding up her visit to India, returned to London at week...
...arrest, torture, secret trials and imprisonment unmatched anywhere in the world--excludes the Black majority from the voting process altogether. For Blacks in South Africa, life means misery, dire poverty, complete political disenfranchisement, slave labor and rule by terror. The white government, moreover, occupies the neighboring state of Namibia in violation of international law and regularly launches raids into Angola...
Marxist-ruled Angola poses one of the biggest stumbling blocks to solving the problems that plague southern Africa. Five years of complex negotiations over a U.N. plan to win independence for the South African-controlled territory of Namibia have produced a stalemate over South Africa's demand that, as a quid pro quo, Cuba withdraw its 26,000 troops and advisers stationed in Angola. Yet the Cubans now seem more important than ever to the Angolan government. With the backing of South Africa, Angolan rebels have scored a series of gains in recent months, presenting a serious threat...
...Cuban aid Williams writes about in directed toward Namibia's northern neighbor, Angola. What Williams should have written is that Zimbabwe does not believe that the United States should insist that the withdrawal of the 20,000 Cuban troops that currently reside in Angola can be a condition of any plan for Namibian independence. Expected by President Reagan, this policy is an example of what Mugabe calls "the United States's tendency to view African political struggles strictly in East-West terms...
...been exploited by South Africa. Whenever questions of Namibian independence has been discussed, facts pertaining to the policy and the dispute should not be presented inaccurately by any newspaper, school daily or otherwise. The next time Williams or any Crimson editor writes a story that mentions the Namibia dispute they should first research the facts. The Western countries have, then far, failed to convince South Africa to relinquish its control over Namibia is due, in part, to misconceptions about the Namibia dispute among leaders in the West. Let's not contribute to the confusion in the future. Ari Fitzgerald...