Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Brown must strive to reach a quick and equitable settlement with the library workers, who are requesting salary increases comparable to those granted to the service workers. The Brown administration should also do all in its power to erase the charges pending against the eleven arrested students...
...that ? a chance. Kissinger's main accomplishment ? and it was a significant one ? was persuading Smith that he had no realistic choice but to accept a British plan, which he had earlier rejected, that would lead Rhodesia to black majority rule within two years. But a settlement that will bring an end to the guerrilla war smoldering along Rhodesia's 800-mile border with Mozambique and 400-mile border with Zambia is by no means a certainty. That war, which began in earnest in December 1972, may well continue through a fourth November-April rainy season...
Before announcing his regime's acceptance of black majority rule on Rhodesian radio and television two weeks ago, Smith took care to prepare his 20,000-man armed forces for the blow. He called senior commanders to Salisbury and had them briefed on the terms of the settlement; the commanders in turn told the enlisted men. It is not yet clear just how the troopies have taken the news, but morale is reported to be low (see box page...
...formula seemed acceptable to most Rhodesians, blacks as well as whites. But it angered some Rhodesian black nationalists, as well as the five African "frontline" Presidents (of Zambia, Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique and Angola) with whom Kissinger had been dealing. The five leaders met in Lusaka, Zambia, and denounced the settlement as outlined by Smith...
Marxist President Samora Machel, 43, rejects a peaceful settlement for Rhodesia and says that a long war is needed to "liberate the minds" of blacks. He operates camps for 5,000 to 8,000 Rhodesian guerrillas. His own Chinese-trained 10,000-man army has staged an occasional raid into Rhodesia...