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LUSAKA, Zambia--Rhodesian commandos disguised as Zambian troops attacked the home of black guerrilla leader Joshua Nkomo in a predawn raid yesterday. Nkomo, who escaped unharmed, called the attack a kidnap attempt...
...boys did a good job although they were outnumbered," Nkomo said yesterday, adding, "We shall fight with the Patriotic Front who are our friends until independence." The Mozambique-based Patriotic Front is in alliance with Nkomo's forces...
Chinamano, who is the right-hand man of ZAPU's president, Joshua Nkomo, said yesterday the country needs complete decolonization, followed by a cease-fire and a meeting between all parties. He said the Front would submit to an internationally supervised election but not "by Smith's friend Hayakawa and (Sen. Jesse) Helms...
Chinamano said Smith's overture to Nkomo last year taught the Front that they will negotiate only as a united front and will not allow Smith to divide them. Smith's meeting with Nkomo in Zambia last year sparked rumors of a split between Nkomo's ZAPU and Mugabe's ZANU forces...
...attack on RH-827 was yet another indication of the guerrillas' growing strength and further proof that Nkomo seems determined to raise as much havoc as he can before the spring election. Late in January, Rhodesia's white minority overwhelmingly approved a referendum committing them to join 2.8 million black voters at the polls on April 20 to elect a majority-rule government that Smith hopes will gain international recognition as legitimate...