The uncertainty surrounding future developments in the Portuguese colonies - especially Mozambique has led to new splits among the white minority in Rhodesia.
Ji Mozambique falls under the control of FRELIMO, and the latter continues its present policies, this will clearly have serjous consequences for Rhodesia much of whose trade is channelled through the Mozambiquan port of Beira. This explains the urgency with which a new ral link with South Atrica is being built.
But the central problem for the Rhodesian whites is that, unlike South Alrice or mineral-tich Angela, their territory is of little importance and interest to leiperialism. It bas compararufacturing industries serve only the very limited local marker.
The most influential proup politically Front party. But imperslion has no dircet interest in preserving their priviloged position, The South African Government's coal reactions to their policies have several instance, at the time of UDi In 1965, or when the Zumbian border was closed in 1973.
Varster's continued support for kin Smith is the fear that a majority-culed Rhodesia would bring the liheration fighters" bases that much closer to the Recobbc of South Africa.
SUCE CANCERS ARE KUCC tho foundation of the new Rhodesia Parry, which hopes to put up candidates against seats ill the clections on 30 July. The now party is led by former Front Minister Wilm Hacoct who sars its pobey is to provide accurity of tenure for all rates and ensure the country's future more lar-sighted sections of the white population, anotber defector from the Whites like Tanner and Harper now seek to hall Smith's headlong rushtowards apartheid, in favour of a policy These would be degood to render more Rhodesia.
WE COL CHOLIN DIAC ATTICUT ASTOR Counell (ANC). This body's chuirman, Bishop Muzorewa, spent several months Uis wear in discussions with Smith Ultimately the proposals with which he out by the Council's executive, understandably intluenced by the hostility of the muss of Africans to such a sell-out.
in the market for discussinns. This was Front, Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Tanoer, descries UDI as the biggest political and tactical blunder int our country's history at token concessions to the African masses.
SOCOF TRO ФОНЕНЕ РОЗИ C-STAS U Chiel potential allies in this operation bique.
returned for a marginal increase in African crucial urhan arcas.
Nonetheless, ANC is still very much made clear on 2 July Dy Reverend Canaan Banana, a menher of a delegation to London, wow baked once aisan or me pos sibility of'a constitutional conference on the future of Rhodesia", to be attended 0 Br B8 83 45 83 08683 a00 Behind the ability of the ANC to play the leadine public role in Rhodesian African polities lies the weakness of the ZAPI (Zimbabwe Airican Poople's Union) masters of Rhodesin Union) liberstion movements. In the last Len vears tour ampact has been mimal their comrades of FRELIMO in MosamThe recent military alliance heducen the two bas paid off with an increase in guerrilla effectiveness in the North East of the counus Bat AN SLI able to dominate African politicsin the SOLIDARITY The possibility of success for the now Rhodesia Party's manocures therefore Red Weekly From TONY SOUTHALL in Zambia to wouch they are soic to conver winte of the blind alley of Smich's policies, and make a real looset In the torthoaming clections; secondly, the extent to wbich the now upsurge of the arted biberation movements is sustained so that it bevumes an shetrative pole of straction to ANG's politics of negotiation with the while The high level of struggle in the Portugu ese colonies compared to that in Rhodesta has meant that they have been the focus of most rocent international solidarity actions. It is time to modify this trend In particular, it is necessary to recognas — as do the comrados of FRELIMO and ZANU - that the cuo strugeles are clusely connected: and that an impoliant way to THIS LEG BUSHS A BOSSUEL THA constitutional negotiations und the niseyear farce ofeconomi sanctions as by sirchat henine the international tavement of solidarity with the armed struggle for the liberation of Zimhabwo
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