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...fact Prime Minister John Vorster's Afrikaaner regime never has jailed Lauw. But Pogrund, on his way up through the ranks as a reporter, has received a series of suspended sentences. "The story of my life,' he says...
...South Africa native and his insights as an obviously pragmatic, tough-minded journalist shift back and forth, showing on one hand pain and pessimism and on the other cold condemnation of the cynical pursuit of self-interest among parties on both sides. He sees those selfish pursuits in the Vorster government and among its economic partners abroad, and also among black leaders in the surrounding "front-line" countries who, he suspects, even if black majority rule arrives in Rhodesia, will continue to bend to South African clout...
...Americans seem to think the Rhodesian settlement"--Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian D. Smith last month agreed to a proposal for a two-year transition to black majority rule--"signals a move in that direction for South Africa. You don't realize how strong Vorster is. This is what makes me anxious about Kissinger's settlement; there is nothing that Kissinger got from the Rhodesians that Vorster hasn't wanted for two years. Vorster wants a black government in Rhodesia. Kissinger's settlement, although meant to avert race war, just plays into the hands of the Afrikaaner regime...
...analyses in the U.S. press have suggested that Vorster agreed to put the economic screws to Smith's regime--threatening to cut off water and close down the country's only rail link to the ocean--because of weakened internal support in the face of rioting and strikes. Pogrund perceives that just the opposite is true. The new turmoil has strengthened Vorster's hand, he says, and this revived support among the frightened white minority freed Vorster to shove Smith...
...event for decades and ignored by the U. S. It is still ignored today. Kissinger uses the word "violence" in reference mainly to anti-apartheid guerillas, not to the white regimes' internal security police. Black demonstrators have been shot down by South African police during Kissinger's meetings with Vorster, but there has been a "gentlemen's agreement" to avoid the subjects of repression and South African apartheid in their talks...