RHODESIA: Blueprint for Black Power-Maybe

Under increasing pressure, Smith decides to strike a deal

" It is a victory for moderation," beamed Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith last week. Standing on the sunny lawn of a red brick civil service building in Salisbury, Smith announced that he and three black nationalist leaders had reached agreement on a formula for black majority rule in Rhodesia. The proposal, which came after 2½ months of almost daily negotiations, would bring to an end 90 years of white rule in the breakaway British colony, something Smith himself only a few years ago vowed would never happen "in a thousand...

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