Word: rhodesia
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...wanton and brutal murder of unarmed white civilian women and children in Zaïre [May 29] should give all the liberal do-gooders, who are blindly supporting the black terrorists and advocating black majority rule for South Africa and Rhodesia, cause for concern...
...Kremlin the door to mutual cooperation. He reaffirmed détente as "central to world peace," but added that it must be "reciprocal." The President offered Moscow a wide variety of potential areas for working together with the U.S., ranging from joint solution of political problems in Rhodesia, Namibia, even Ethiopia, to further development of trade, cultural and scientific exchanges. Even the prospects for a SALT II agreement, noted Carter in an upbeat section of his speech, were "good...
...fully aware of African criticism of the Western role in Zaïre, and of the danger that the Soviet Union and Cuba might respond to the creation of a pro-Western African force by trying to assemble a radical African military power capable of causing serious mischief in Rhodesia and other trouble spots. The Administration also realized that in underscoring its opposition to Soviet-Cuban adventurism in Africa, the U.S. must not appear to be embracing the policies of South Africa and Rhodesia, whose governments have quietly hoped that the recent troubles in Zaïre would have...
Khama is president of a landlocked democratic country of 720,000 inhabitants bordered by South Africa, Angola, Zambia and Rhodesia. The country has voted in the United Nations to impose economic sanctions against South Africa. Despite its proximity to South Africa, the government has successfully maintained Botswana's independence, unlike other bordering states in the region...
...hosts agreed to keep details of the talks confidential, but TIME has learned that he called on the Chinese to use their influence to help counter Soviet moves in Africa. He specifically asked them to urge Robert Mugabe, one of the leaders of the Patriotic Front in Rhodesia, to be more flexible on the Anglo-American plan for bringing majority rule to the country. Brzezinski and the Chinese leaders also discussed their governments' mutual interest in countering political instability in Pakistan and Afghanistan...