THE Tory government & drifting towards recognition of the Rhodesian TELEC. The decision to send permanent envoy to Salisbury is the most open gesture of friendship since lan Smith's government made its Unilateral Declaration of pendence in 1965.
Anti-racists in East London at least will nole Lord Carringion's appropriate choice for the Salisbury post: Derek Day, namesake of the notorious Hoxian racist.
Minerals Joshua Nkomo, jount leader of the Patriotic Front, underlined the point:
he's talking racism. Carrington Bithe chairman of Rio Tinto mining group In Southern Rhodesia. One understandy because he will be in control to out country.* The report of the Tory leam of observers covering the April "internal sellement election has beea accepted without question. Lord Hoyd and his colleagues make light of the fact that the black majority of the population has never had the chance to endorse the "internal settlement':
"The great jubilation among blacks and whites when the high poll was announced, before the count had even started, must lead to the conclusion that the ciection was not merely about which party would win, but contained would hurtin perhaps protound. ELIESOME atisfied that the clection did, in fact, constitute a kind of referendum on the constitution.
Con-trick This jubilation' is not to be seen in the Chinis report, Lord Chitnis and a colate or the no 2m re Parlia mentary Human Rights Group Chitis, who is of Indian origin, bad endure TACISE remarks the House of Lords" • His report has hardiy been mentioned in the British At a visit to Chipinga Social Club we calked with a white tarmer from the area.
'He owned a tea plantation with about 250 workers, When we met him he was still in his security Forces uniform, was slightly drunk and was brandishing a Mauser and dropping live ammunition into the ashtray. "He told us that as soon finished patrol in the morning he was Inde- going to return to his farm and see which of his "Kaffins"" had not voled. *In CUUE opinion of more are absolutely no way that any of this man's employees would reluse to go trum to the polling station.
Chitnis concludes that the election "was porting more than a masanto confidence trick... A high percentage poll was ail thai was deemed necessary hoodwink the community and secure recognition.
willing be hoodwinked, as he Pairiotic Front.
there joint initiative, content of the Zimbabwe itself.
obscure the Tact whether it will be able to recognise the regime as presently constituted is still an open question. Lord Carringion's talks with US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance left undecided the option of a settlement involving a section of the of Bishop Mazorewa.
Hidden The Tory press has chosen to ignore this aspect of government policy. The significance of the Vance-Carrington talks was that the British and US government to ge Front commands working is the solidarity Interests can eniy Labour in the interests of tbe organisers stration. own best interests.
governments continue to pursue a resisting pressure Tonner from the exireme right wing in the House of Commons and Senate. The Anglo-American initiative may have changed, but only in response to changing events in of the Labour Carrington has deliberately tried to that пен appointee us cavoy to meet the black