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FACADE Where's the disappearing asked last a reference to Bishop Muzorewa's habit of never being around when awkward decisions are made. This week we have the answer: back in the arms of lan Smith and racist regime in Muzorewa ended the constitutional crisis provoked by the Justice STILLEI Byron Hove in the simplest way possible - he backed down.
Hove had proposed that more who blacks should be given positions of responsibility in the police force. The British state has been trying to do that for years, but finesse was never Smith's strong Hove bad ry leader Muzorewa, his party SCent a week stomasne around noises. He the with other internal settlement that the affair was a massive point of principle.
Last weekend, however, he suddenly discovered that, would be inconsisten the integrity of the UAN for us held to fail to honour an agreement to which we are part.
The 'agreement' to which clings LIEn SSNE "integrity" is nothing more than apparatus of the racist state intact, while creating the lacadi doubtful whether Muzorewa's black supporters Will be so impressed by the Bishop's principled scand, When meetings last week he was aiways greeted by CORNIS D Hove must come back".
VICTORY Muzorewa's retura to the fold has been portrayed as a victory for lan Smith. And so it is — in the short term, The long term effect is more likely to be & further decline in Muzorewa's popularity, and he is the only black leader of any credibility backs internal LUCINES SOLIDARITY *Ian Smith's temporary victory SHUALLY THIE the people of southern Africa all The unti-Apartheid Movement has now agreed to back the African Students Cnion call for Soweta commemoration demonstrution.
The date hus been finally fixed for Friday 16 June, See The march witend at AAM's rally in Central Hall, Westminster.
Open planning meetines an every Thurslay, 7.30, R 34 Bedford Square, London.
Socialist Challenge supThe winning their movement bodies and organising the maximum number of people to come down to London that day.