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...African Senate that the price of racial confrontation was "too high for southern Africa to pay." He appealed for cooperation among countries of the area, and offered financial as well as technical aid to any African nation that requested it. Vorster's proposal evoked a favorable response from Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, who welcomed the speech as "the voice of reason for which Africa and the rest of the world have been waiting...
...shuffle of command posts late in January. Moreover, several dozen formerly discredited cadres who owe their allegiance to Chou have quietly been brought back into important government positions. Chou himself put on an impressive display of party unity recently when he appeared at a banquet for visiting Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda. By his side were two of his most powerful critics: Wang Hung-wen and Chiang Ching...
Early this year, Rhodesia closed its borders with Zambia on the ground that Zambians had been aiding black guerrillas within Rhodesia. The government of Prime Minister Ian Smith specifically exempted Zambian copper from the blockade. Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda, 49, decided, however, to stand on principle and refused to export his country's copper via Rhodesia. A month later, when the Rhodesians lifted their blockade, Kaunda imposed one of his own. He has refrained ever since from importing or exporting any goods through the rebel British colony...
...years ahead, Kaunda will face another kind of internal challenge: finding ways of transferring power to the younger, better educated men now entering Zambian politics. They openly resent the old-guard politicians for their corruption, incompetence and perks of power, which the younger men refer to as the "three Ms" - mansions, Mercedes-Benzes and mistresses. But for the moment, Kaunda is indisputably the national hero, and his re-election is assured. His most impressive triumph will presumably come late next year - perhaps on Oct. 24, the tenth anniversary of his country's independence - when he stands at the throttle...
Smith had hoped that by shutting the border and cutting road and rail links with Zambia (while leaving rail lines open for copper shipments) he could force the Zambian government to crack down on the rebels. The scheme backfired badly. Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, who had previously given the guerrillas little encouragement, promptly stopped shipping copper through Rhodesia, a move that could mean financial disaster for the country's money-losing railroad. "History may prove it was the wrong decision," Smith conceded last week...