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UKRHOOESIA
London'i bittst manesumption of RhodtWn negotiation* facet formrdabia obnacla*.
package contain*
to both Udn In tha ddpute. Including:
equirement lor tvpcditioui ntgoliattom onew Rhodnuin govsrnmant.
ransition period leading to majority nils of no more than ont or two yean, which could includeprssanc* of Brit* monitors.
-Provisions protectingfinancial position of civil servants who ray onxJenoi.
-Economic ssststsncs for non-Africans mould they decide later to leave Rhodesia or be forced out.
The African presidents, who have been backing the Rhodesiao national riB. probably wii at toft privately go alongew British Initiative that mighthodMian liberation war thathaw teriou* risks for the neighboring ttattt. It would bt wy difficult, however, for the lour presidents to mold the quarnling Rhodeslan mttonttiitiohesive negotiating team for dealing with Smith, even If they decided to exert maximum pressure.
Itntt may imift that the propoiad lunation period be reduced to ont year before tfiey atttmpt to get theetionatira to accept the British negotiating package.
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