Word: rhodesian
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...tension hung heavy over Zimbabwe Rhodesia early last week, almost as if the bloody seven-year civil war were still raging. In Salisbury, armored personnel carriers rolled through the streets and clusters of armed Rhodesian soldiers gathered nervously on the corners as helicopter gunships swooped low over the city. Out in the bush, at the Alpha cease-fire camp, Sergeant Roy Rowley of the Rhodesian African Rifles noted grimly: "Now I know what it's like to be waiting for the end of the world...
Mugabe next held out the olive branch to former Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front, which had won all 20 of the white parliamentary seats in separate elections last month. Smith, who illegally declared Rhodesia independent in 1965 to avoid majority rule, responded by urging fellow whites to stay and support the new regime. Though a portfolio seemed unlikely for Smith, Mugabe reportedly wanted to include some whites in his Cabinet. One probable candidate: the present Finance Minister David Smith, a politically moderate technocrat...
...important white official who immediately announced his support of the new regime was Lieut. General Peter Walls, 53, who led Rhodesia's bloody seven-year war against the guerrillas. At Mugabe's request, Walls agreed to retain the supreme military command and preside over the integration of Rhodesian forces with the guerrillas in the new national army...
...last year's internal election; this time, with the guerrilla leaders participating, the turnout was an astounding 93%. The long election lines at polling stations were filled with proud, determined voters whose sentiments were not hard to guess. "They have walked miles to come here," said a Rhodesian voting officer in one midlands village. "They're all ages, disabled, crippled, blind. They say straight away who they want...
...settlement of the Zimbabwe-Rhodesian conflict may facilitate the settlement of the political unrest in Nambia, McHenry added