The present stalemate reflects the difficult manocuvre that Muzorewa and Sithole, Icaders of the two most opportunist nationalist organisations, are Lying to carry out. They are attempting to get a firm grip on political power for themselves y doing a deal with the racist government, STURE necessarily entail big concessions.
At the moment talk is of guaranteeing the country's wilts- esthan IOner cent of the population — 28 per cent of 10 years after independence. Al the same time they continue to sell to their followers the lie that such a deal would be genuine "liberation". won without all the mom and cost of the guerilla struggle.
It was Sithole who first gave signs BESC PICSSUTES haggling over the length of time guaranteed such special political privileges. LETTER OH afraid of losing ground to Silhole, is also trying ID haggle a bit, so that he can he seen as a interests now over the method of election of white represenatives.
SCEPTICISM The Icaders of the l'arciotic Front claim that they are poine to the Malta calls in a spicit of extreme scepticism. And well they might. For it is clear that British and American imperialism will not contemplate any serious action against basich that might put power in the hands of people they do not have firm control over.
Their game is simply to wait until internal settlement" attempts founder, and then try and push forward their own plan, which it betrayal of the right of the Zimbabwe people to self determination as Smith's plan.
UNITY must The contradictions in the internal settlement' are now quite evident. But the tragody is that the liberation fighters in ZANU and ZAPU Patriotic Front organisations .. cannot take advantage of it because their leaders continue to appear as simply another set of power seckers trying to take advantage of the situation, So why not choose the road of Muzorewa and Sithole, which is at least casier, if no more sure?
A clear TEOM liberation fighters for unity of COORDINATION of action the whole black population Sround a Bron amme or action for the liberation of Zimbabwe, as much carly.
Constituent Assembly, split the 'internal settlement mancuevre wide opeil, tender the Anglo American proposals still born at the same Lime.
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