Word: rhodesia
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...issue, he plans to attend a large fund raiser in New Hampshire on his 69th birthday, Feb. 6. But the more he is exposed, the better his chance of committing the kind of blunders that hurt him four years ago, when he talked loosely about sending U.S. troops to Rhodesia...
Since Britain's Lord Soames became Governor of Zimbabwe Rhodesia last Dec. 12, some 21,600 guerrillas have flocked into Commonwealth monitoring camps in observance of the ceasefire. But Soames has been attacked for many of his political decisions-such as permitting South African troops to remain at the border crossing of Beit Bridge, and using armed "auxiliaries" in remote rural areas. Last week, in his first interview as Governor, Soames spent 75 minutes with TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter discussing some of the problems he faces. McWhirter'sreport...
...determined to avoid any resumption of civil war. Mozambique's President Samora Machel, for example, supports Mugabe, but he is also committed to peaceful relations with the new Zimbabwe regime regardless of the election's outcome. Machel underscored that commitment last week by reopening his border to Rhodesia for the first time since 1976. Within days, Rhodesians were eating prawns and butterfish in the port of Beira, while Mozambican railway and trade officials were flying to Salisbury to begin re-establishing commercial ties...
...long-range economic and political future of Zimbabwe Rhodesia ultimately hinges on the outcome of the elections. Voting separately, whites will fill 20 seats and blacks 80 seats in the new 100-member House of Assembly. Though no fewer than ten black parties are in the running, the real contest boils down to three men: Nkomo, Mugabe and former Prime Minister Bishop Abel Muzorewa...
...from the rift within the Patriotic Front. Some observers feel that Nkomo's recently adopted conciliatory tone suggests a pragmatic attempt to forge links with whites as well as other black factions, including members of the Bishop's own party. Mugabe, who has yet to return to Rhodesia and begin campaigning, apparently hopes to win an outright majority and is wary of any political pacts. Thus internal divisions within the black parties could well leave the balance of power in the hands of the 20 white M.P.s and their presumed leader, former Prime Minister Ian Smith...