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...southern Africa. The U.S., he said, is "wholly committed to help bring about a rapid, just and African solution" in Rhodesia (which Kissinger pointedly referred to by its African name, Zimbabwe). At the same time, Kissinger called for South Africa to fix a definite timetable for self-rule in Namibia (South West Africa), the former German colony administered by Pretoria. As for South Africa, he said the U.S. will insist on an end to apartheid and "the institutionalized separation of the races...
Whether Smith survives at all, in fact, may very well depend on South Africa's Prime Minister John Vorster, his old white-supremacist ally. Vorster is himself under increasing pressure to find an equitable solution to Pretoria's jurisdiction over the disputed territory of South West Africa (Namibia) and to assuage his own black majority. After Pretoria's military misadventure in Angola, South Africans are chary of being sucked into another no-win situation. Vorster's response to the "state of war" last week was cautious, and he carefully avoided taking sides. But South Africa...
...situation was complicated further by the presence of South African troops in Angola. The South African army moved in to take over the Cunene Dam project, just over the border from Namibia, during the summer. A few months later, South Africa's defense minister admitted it was much further inside Angola, giving "tactical support to Unita. Its numbers have been estimated at somewhere between...
...South Africa's government, and for several of the largest corporations in this country, the existence of any independent state on South Africa's or Namibia's borders is a threat. Mozambique is independent, but economically dependent on South Africa. Angola, with its rich minerals and relatively large industrial base, has far more potential for independent action...
...sympathetic. He told the South African Financial Mail in May 1975 that he hopes "future leaders of Angola will cooperate with South Africa" and that apartheid "is a South African problem" and much misunderstood. By contrast, the MPLA has already provided a base for the operations of SWAPO of Namibia, the Namibian liberation movement...