Zimbabweans are presently goug to the polis, Carrington persuaded the nationalist fighters to agree to in the Lancaster House settlement.
Carrington's intentions were plain enough. He wanted to head off the revolutionary implications of the war in Zimbabwe.
The days of the Muzorewa regime were numbered, and the increasing radicalisation of the militarts could have led formation of a government prepared expropriate Hence the plan for a Britishorganised election. There is no doubt that the Lancaster House settlement represents a considerable setback for the Zimbabwe people.
The elections are being 'observed" by armed British and Rhodesian racist troops. A fifth of the seats in the new have been reserved whites, and these have already been won by lan Smith's Rhodesian Front.
Fraud The election is largely conducted by the existing civil service of the racist state. There is no voters' roll, so there is a strong possibility of fraud by the Muzorewa regime.
While the Rhodesian army police are fully mobilised and able to Help!
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GRA roam the country at will, the Patriotic Front guerilles remain at assembly the supervision of British troops: And just to help out well dealing with black have been sent over. governor, Lord banainy Spames, has done his best so disrupt Since it played a greater role than military struggle, would not so easily be persuaded to accept a neo-colonial solution which serves the interests of That's why ZANU has Soames has allowed the LO. kill ZANU guerillas who have refused to go to the assembly points. He has not lifted a finger to stop the shooting and bomb attacks on ZANU leaders, which are almost certainly the work of the racist A car which blew up prematurely in Salisbury earlier this month carried his two members of the Selous Scouts, the elite of the Rhodesian army, on Last Sunday two people were er. Pablialied by Relgocrest L last Saturday's mass picket of the Foreign Office to. killed when they planted a bomb in the offices of the Mambo Press in The production manager, a Catholic missionery, said it WAR IOSI probably the work of the Rhodesian security forces.
Meanwhile tor ? ZANU's traditional slogan Forward berk the Paraberi Chimurenga war of national liberation' Even one of the British election supervisors, responsible Mount Darwin area has said that IS LyIng when the claimed that ZANU is carrying out intimidation in that area. Daily Telegraph reporter, no friend of the nationalist forces, said that none of the main political parties has been prevented from campaigning in the are The imperialists hope principally coalition government dominated by Nkomo's ZAPU. Nkomo has links with the multi-national Lonrho and has shown willingness to go along with Soames plans.
But Robert Mugabe's ZANU is likely to poll the largest vote, and although Mutabe has stated that his •BOI Flared at the prospect of a ZANU gOV erument.
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