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...strategically-important southern Africa: The Rev. Rex Humbard prize for rightist propaganda goes this week to the news editors of The New York times, along with editorial page Editor John B. Oakes. The outpouring began earlier this week with a by-lined story from Salisbury, Rhodesia, cataloguing the murderous Rhodesian army raid on a black guerilla camp in Mozambique. More than 300 Africans were killed according to Salisbury sources quoted by The Times; this, in retaliation for a mortar attack on an army camp where four Rhodesian troops died. Following that story, in which not one Mozambican or guerrilla source...
...effect, white acceptance of an early peaceful transition to black rule. Still in the drafting stage, the scheme might seek to commit Britain, other members of the Common Market, the U.S. and states neighboring on Rhodesia legally, financially and even militarily to guarantee a bloodless solution to the Rhodesian problem. Rhodesia's whites and black tribal minorities might be offered a "safety net" composed of a floor price for their farm land, safeguards for their pensions and financial assistance if they emigrate...
...successful precedent. In the early 1960s the British helped head off a prolonged civil war in Kenya by promising to compensate the white settlers who wanted to leave for the loss of their unsalable homes and farms. That program so far has cost Britain about $50 million, and a Rhodesian version could prove even more expensive...
...such a financial net would probably be welcomed by many Rhodesian whites, not only those who would want to take the money and run but also those who would want to stay but would be fearful of what would happen to their property under black rule. Chief among the stayers might be many of Rhodesia's 6,000 white farmers, who have consistently blocked movement toward majority rule. One of them, the owner of a 10,000-acre corn and cattle spread near Selukwe in the Rhodesian midlands, happens to be Ian Smith...
...calls for the end to the relaxation of the arms embargo against South Africa and prohibits the granting of U.S. tax credits for companies doing business in Namibia and paying taxes to South Africa. And it calls for the repeal of the Byrd Amendment which permits the importation of Rhodesian chrome. I asked Rep. Shirley Chisholm if she believes that Jimmy Carter would live up to the party platform principles on Africa. She said she believes he very clearly embraces these principles, and that no president has ever done as much as Jimmy Carter will do for blacks in Africa...