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...Sedar Senghor, and Felix Houphouet-Boigny of the Ivory Coast, proposed that all black nationalist leaders be given equal OAU endorsement. But other delegates were influenced by Kaunda, whose backing of the Patriotic Front was a dramatic switch from his previous backing of all Rhodesian black nationalist movements. The Zambian leader concluded that OAU support for one faction would make a post-independence fight for political control less likely. He also endorsed Mugabe's argument that majority rule can be won only by armed conflict. Declared Kaunda: "A new Zimbabwe [Rhodesia] can only be born out of the barrel...
...antiaircraft battery was suddenly rolled into place on a golf course near Lusaka International Airport last week. Zambian armed forces went on alert, leaves were canceled, and President Kenneth Kaunda issued orders to "shoot on sight" any Rhodesian aircraft that violated his country's airspace. Responding to a warning from Prime Minister Ian Smith that Zambian support for black nationalist guerrillas might lead to pre-emptive strikes, Kaunda dramatically announced that ua state of war" existed between his country and Rhodesia. To prove the point, the Zambians lobbed several mortar shells at the resort town of Victoria Falls...
...almost. After inviting himself to Zambia, the Cuban leader left the band, the honor guard, the artillery poised for its 19-gun salute, waiting at the airport. Sorry, Castro decided after taking off from Tanzania, I'm going to Mozambique instead. "He asked to come," said a bewildered Zambian official. "We said yes, and that's the last we ever heard...
...rest of the Saudis' money. Perhaps so. But black African leaders enthusiastically accepted the offers at face value and in turn pledged their renewed commitment to the Arabs' diplomatic campaign against Israel. The conference also enhanced the sense of identity between the two regions. Said Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda: "We are the product of the same struggle against domination and exploitation by foreign interests ... In division, we cannot face the industrialized nations on equal terms...
...October was the bloodiest month in the nearly four years of fighting, with a death toll of 181 guerrillas, 20 security-force soldiers, twelve white and 88 black civilians. At a dozen points along the border, Mozambique-based guerrillas fired rockets and mortars at white settlements inside Rhodesia. From Zambian bases, other guerrillas attacked a motel in the tourist center of Victoria Falls, killing one white guest and wounding two others. In retaliation for the accelerated insurgency, Rhodesian security forces supported by helicopters, armored vehicles and aging bombers swept at least 50 miles into Mozambique to strike at guerrilla camps...