time as an African intervention force.
blessing of all the Western Governments.
that past year.
Al one level the Western military build-up in Atrica tellecte a chamee within the US Adminstration The "Africanit tend championed by Uh Ambassador Andrew Young has been overridden br "global strategists', Ted national security adviser Zbigniew Braezinski.
Broadly. the difference 15 between those who favour the minimum intervention and the maximum reliance on beo-col onial governments, and those who argue that African affairs must be in terms of *Elobal East-West relations.
For all its fine academicsounding phrases, the Brezin ski position has little to do with relations with the Soviet UnThe red Scare 158 for policy meressed segression and it has been carefully prepared province in US planes last Monday - just about the representatives of rive Governments met in Paris to discuss the formation of When the Moroceans were sent to Shaba last year they were part of a French-backed expedition which even the other imperialist powers regarded as a little too adventurous. This time they are there with the RICHARD CARVER looks at the changes over human rights campaign.
There is cvidence of Cubar ment in Staba and if there had have been a bit more wary But uppermost in the imperTalist. important consideration: how to crush the liberaton move. ments of southern Africa, STRATEGY Recent determined by a cautious des crampie, instead of holding out continued white rule in Zimbabwe they have concerned to stabilise capitalist power useful black neb-colonial ment.
This micans involving the by broadest range of nationalist Jimmy Carter's highly selective organisations, which is why the NATO а асгар of invoive Plan Smith's internal settle ment' But pro-Western settlements in Zimbabwe and Nimibia and the maintenance been and Mozambique in the capitalist orbit are premised upon continued white rule in South a solid buffer in the centre of THE SABLES UNDO I been Mobutu's Zaire is so importhrough Britain and countries with the largest econ omic Interests Africa, faithfully followed this path until FRENCH President Giscard d'Estaing (centre right] flankod by Imperialists are unhappy about | prove unworkable.
of Angola the US, the Bresain in southern it threatened lo Lesser powers, like France many and West Germany, have tried to cash in through a more adventurous military policy, in an attempt to mark out chunks of Alrica, such as the Sahara, as their own back garden.
This has led to sharp rivalry between the two strategies and the powers who back them.
But imperialism is nothing if ing the common threat they are alone is a little recalcitrant. Callaghan is not sold on the intervention force, but less out of concern for the defeat on that scale. As always African masses than fear that | the British Labour Governneo-colonial African states may react badly.
The Americans too are distinctly edgy. They have still not fully recovered from Vietnam adventure could provoke wide. spread opposition at bome and ultimately a serious defeat.
But their options are closing.
In the Angolan civil war, with Vietnam only yesterday, they were obliged to rely on a South African and Zairean invasion and exensive CIA activity:
And still they lost They cannot afford another ment can be made to see reason and will doubtless fall into line behind US policy careful post-Vietnam strategy may be completely overhauled. Even the mass acres which made yesterday's headlines have been quielly forgotten as the serious busi ness of "pacitying" the region pets underway.
it a a dangerous turn ol events which must be resisted at all costs. "Imperialist hands off Zaire! Picket Freech Embassy,