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Prime Minister Ian Smith proceeded last week with his grand plan for solving the Rhodesian crisis-on his own terms. First, he aims to win the country's Aug. 31 elections in order to head off a threat to his government from a new, right-wing splinter group (TIME, Aug. 1). Then, with his mandate reinforced, he hopes to create a moderate, multiracial government in Rhodesia that would include both whites and some conservative black nationalists-but not leaders of the radical Patriotic Front with its guerrilla army...
...package deal we made with [then Secretary of State Henry] Kissinger in Pretoria last year," he told TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter last week. "That package deal, which included the cessation of terrorism and an end to sanctions, has been thrown out the window, not by the Rhodesian government but by the other parties...
...Even to Rhodesians accustomed to Smith's wily maneuvers, the announcement came as a surprise. Primarily, his action was aimed at heading off a right-wing challenge from the newly formed Rhodesian Action Party (R.A.P.), led by a dozen M.P.s who defected from Smith's Rhodesian Front Party earlier this year. The M.P.s resigned over an amendment to the longstanding Land Tenure Act that contained the Smith government's first important, if belated concessions on segregation. The R.A.P. is determined to limit the number of blacks who may vote and to restrict their political rights...
...Rhodesian worth his salt will run away from the terrorist cowards who attack innocent women and children " So said Rhodesia's then Minister of Security Wickus De Kock in 1974. Times have changed. Earlier this month, De Kock now 45, took what his fellow white Rhodesians derisively call "the chicken run" or "the yellow route": he emigrated The former Cabinet minister explained that he strongly disagreed with the Smith government's negotiations toward black majority rule, adding, "I have certain convictions. I also have a life to lead." Once a millionaire tobacco grower De Kock is now helping...
...terrorists rather than as prisoners of war Unable to start a practice in Britain, he was unemployed for six months; after being refused permission to migrate to New Zealand or Hong Kong, he finally went into business with a friend in Johannesburg Ford predicts that in the future white Rhodesians may have an even harder time relocating than he did. "It follows you like a bad smell," he says bitterly of his Rhodesian connection, "No matter what you say, the stigma persists...