Rhodesian Impasse

Archive Report

Unsure Transition to Black Rule

Aftermath of Ian Smith's Visit to America

The recent visit to the United States of Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and the three black members of Rhodesia's governing Executive Council appears to have left the Rhodesian situation just where it was before: at a dangerous impasse. The Rhodesian delegation was unable to persuade officials of the Carter administration to support the “internal agreement” reached last March between Smith and the three black leaders — Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the Rev. Ndabanigi Sithole and Chief Jeremiah Chirau. The agreement created the first biracial executive authority in the country's history to prepare the way for elections and a transition to black majority rule at the end of this year or early in 1979.

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