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Fearing an escalation of political violence, Soames asked both Mugabe and Nkomo to delay their own arrivals into Salisbury. When the two leaders do return, under heavy security, they are almost certain to arouse huge popular demonstrations. Obviously Soames was not yet prepared to risk the possible hostility that might also greet them...
...hour surge brought some 17,000 fighters-virtually all the guerrillas the British had estimated were in Rhodesia-into the assembly camps by the Jan. 4 deadline. The bulk of the returnees were members of Robert Mugabe's ZANLA forces; the others were ZIPRA troops loyal to Joshua Nkomo. Considering the great physical difficulties faced by the guerrillas, some of whom marched more than a hundred miles over difficult terrain, it was an extraordinarily impressive turnout. Governor Soames, while refusing a Patriotic Front request to extend the assembly deadline, indicated that he would take no immediate action against late...
...have been fighting so that the people could express their will. That is what the country has won."So said General Lookout Masuku, 40, commander of the 15,000-man ZIPRA forces loyal to Joshua Nkomo's wing of the Patriotic Front. The guerrilla general had arrived in Salisbury to oversee the peaceful withdrawal of his men to their cease-fire assembly camps. Following the death of ZANLA Commander Josiah Tongogara in a car crash two weeks ago, Masuku remains a key military figure in the guerrilla leadership. In an exclusive interview with TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter...
Another uncertainty within the Patriotic Front was the apparent inability of the two key figures, Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, to agree on a political alliance for waging the electoral campaign. The pragmatic Nkomo, who represents the minority Ndebele tribal groups, is seeking total unity among the guerrilla factions. The left-leaning Mugabe, backed by the far more numerous Shona, sees a chance of winning outright a parliamentary majority and is reluctant to commit himself to any power-sharing scheme. In fact some observers believe this very issue caused a recent falling out between Mugabe and Tongogara, who had been...
Bristling at his highhanded tactics, Guerrilla Co-Leaders Mugabe and Nkomo sometimes accused him of "thinking he is Moses." As chairman of the 15-week London conference that produced the historic settlement, in fact, British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington did not hesitate to impose himself. Operating with a formidable combination of hard-nosed brinkmanship and shrewd insight, he repeatedly extracted concessions with what appeared to be daredevil ultimatums...