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...million blacks and strong guarantees to its 268,000 whites. Chief among the stipulations is a new 100-seat Parliament, in which 28 seats would be reserved for whites for ten years, most to be elected under a formula that ensures domination by Smith's own Rhodesian Front Party...
...look at how the small, strained but proficient Rhodesian army is preparing to handle its changing role. TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter spent ten days touring the military zones on both the Mozambique border and along the Zambezi River opposite Zambia. His report...
...Rhodesian soldier, a typical day begins with dawn patrols that involve setting out from an overnight jungle camp for a tramp in slept-in fatigues across deep grass, mountain trails and through village kraals. In the bush, visibility is often limited to a few yards: one stick recently ambushed a guerrilla group that had been sleeping less than 50 yards away. In the present summer season, rains flood the rivers and the jungle trails that make up the infiltration routes. By July, the middle of the arid winter season, the water holes will have dried up; the soldiers will have...
...ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union). Waves of aging Canberra, Vampire and Hunter warplanes, followed by transports and helicopters carrying black and white troops, first hit a base near Chimoio, about 54 miles within Mozambique, and then attacked a camp near Tembue, 132 miles inside the border. According to Rhodesian officials, the attacks were extraordinarily successful, killing at least 1,200 guerrillas and destroying some 40 trucks and massive quantities of ammunition and fuel. Mozambique officials charged that nearly 100 women and children died in the bombings...
Smith offered no explanation of the timing of the raids. If their purpose was to bolster the bargaining position of Rhodesia's whites, the Prime Minister possibly miscalculated. Muzorewa, the popular moderate, was forced to rally to the defense of Mugabe, the hardliner. Said the bishop: "Rhodesian whites, and I include the Prime Minister, simply don't realize the depth of feeling aroused among the Africans by the two attacks." Fearing that any association with Smith would discredit them among Rhodesia's blacks, Muzorewa and Sithole might want to reconsider any transfer of power to which...