ZAMBIA: RHODESIAN NATIONALIST LEADER JOSHUA NKOMO SAYS UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY KISSINGER AND SOUTH AFRICAN PRIME MINISTER JOHN VORSTER SHOULD HELP WHITE RHODESIAN GOVERNMENT HAND OVER POWER TO BLACK MAJORITY.

Record ID: 337381

  • Title: ZAMBIA: RHODESIAN NATIONALIST LEADER JOSHUA NKOMO SAYS UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY KISSINGER AND SOUTH AFRICAN PRIME MINISTER JOHN VORSTER SHOULD HELP WHITE RHODESIAN GOVERNMENT HAND OVER POWER TO BLACK MAJORITY.
  • Date: 12th September 1976
  • Summary: 1. CU Nkomo speaking. (3 shots) 1.25 REPORTER: "What do you think the American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger can achieve as far as the Zimbabwe issue is concerned?" NKOMO: "Well, I don't know because I do not know what Kissinger and Vorster - what they are doing. They are carrying out their exercise by themselves. If Henry Kissinger and the oth
  • Embargoed: 27th September 1976 13:00
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  • Location: MAKENI TOWNSHIP, NEAR LUSAKA, ZAMBIA
  • Country: Zambia
  • Reuters ID: LVA748WCQNJWLNLYNFZW8SPBY4I7
  • Story Text: Rhodesian nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo announced in Zambia on Saturday (11 September) that he was prepared for unity talks with a rival nationalist group and indicated that these discussions could begin as soon as possible. During a news conference Mr. Nkomo, leader of the internal wing of Rhodesia's African National Council, said that he would talk only with the former Zimbabwe African National Union - Zanu - and ruled out the possibility of negotiations with Bishop Abel Muzorewa, leader of the ANC's external wing. He also spoke about U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and South African Prime Minister John Vorster's role in the Rhodesian situation.
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