‘Urgent' need for talks
: (N.Z.P.A.Reuter —Copyright < LONDON, August 8. Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the president of the Rhodet sian African National Coun- > cil, and British ministers! ) have agreed in talks in London on the urgent need to ’ start discussions on con- ’ stitutional change in Rho-. ’ desia to avert the drift to- ' wards war there. This was announced in a joint statement issued today j. after a 75-minute meeting between Bishop Muzorewa. >the Foreign Secretary (Mr James Callaghan) and the ’ Deputy Foreign Minister (Mr ' David Ennals). 1 The statement said that the immediate problem was to resolve the "procedural difficulties" over finding a i venue for talks. I The white-minority Gov-1 ijernment of the Prime Minis-; iter of Rhodesia (Mr lan! Smith) has been insisting! that the preliminary talks be, held in Rhodesia, while the! African National Council has] been demanding that they! take place outside the coun-
Mr Smith wil] fly to Pretoria tomorrow for a meeting with the Prime Minister of South Africa (Mr John Vorster) in an effort to start talks before. the present guerrilla skirmishing dissolves into a bloody fight to the finish.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33917, 9 August 1975, Page 15
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