New immigrants try to cash in on the country's plight
In Salisbury, the balmy, slumberous capital of Rhodesia, the question these days is not whether the blacks will take over, but when. The bitter guerrilla war against black nationalist soldiers drags on, and Salisbury has begun to take on a Belfast look: bags are searched, windows are taped, and bomb posters are everywhere. For Rhodesia's white minority, the latest Anglo-American peace initiatives—even if successful—will lead only to the inevitability of black rule. Thus thousands of whites are packing up, selling their houses...
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