of ZANU WE FEEL very much indebted to you, and particularly to the public of Great Britain, for such an overwhelming demonstration of support for the people of Zimbabwe. We make a very clear distinction between the British government and the British people...
We have come to London because we have been invited. The British government thinks that perhaps on this occasion It CalI problem of Zimbabwe by negotiation. Many years ago we gave it up because we didn't think it worked. We 1o0k up the gun and this is what we are doing... and with it we are going to acquire power.
That is our initiative. We have no other initiative for the people London at the invitation of the British government because they think that initiative, not ours.
And while we are attending here in London to other people's initiative we will make sure that our own initiative move back home, battlefield.
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That's their is a very crucial question.
armies. commanded by General wals. been vicious on the resistance against all the people of Zimbabwe.
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the security are 1965 ZANU president Robert Mugabe presidents have been asked here: who controls the army? In fact him?
army?
What orientation has that army? This Akin.
In Zimbabwe today we have twe of those has instrument of the people of Zimbabwe. The patriotic forces have been built as an instrument dedicated touo balle and acaleve hoeraton ol Which one of the two armies survives? This is Are we as a body of leadership going to come to London and say that process the people of babwe.
Zimbabwe, the rights of the people of Zimbabwe, can be secured by an army which has fought many battles for so long to resist such aims? Are we going to do that?
Or are we going to say that the patriotic forces, which have fought, sacrificed life, limb and blood for so many years to deliver the people of Zimbabwe their freedom, that such a force is the one that should survive?
That to me sounds like common sense. But knowledge of the English has taught me that common sense is not so often yery common!
There were years when we used to Britain to send in (roops. They said No. And may I here refer to a meeting we had in October Harold Wilson Salisbury, one month before UDI.
We said: this man lan smith is going to declare UDI very soon. Will you send in British troops to stop Harold Wilson said: unthinkable that British troops could be brought here to fight their kith and We said, okay, we are going to build up our forces to fight this man. He said, oh well, they are just talking. I wish you well.
And now Britain comes in and says it wants to assume our responsibilities for decolonisation. Have we not been doing that? Would it be rational for us to give it all to Britain and say, okay you can decolonise it, you are the master?
So, as comrade Msika has said, we have become the of of decolonisation in ZimIf Britain would like some advice on how to fight Smith, here we are at Lancaster House...
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