Attack under wraps
! NZPA-Reuter Salisbury I Secrecy yesterday : shrouded a raid by Zimbabwe Rhodesian forces into Mozambique on Thursday to strike at Patriotic Front guerrillas, the first crossI border attack since the start of the London talks on the country’s future. It was not clear whether the raid was over or if it l had been successful. A single, four-line headquarters communique said the forces had attacked the Zimbabwe Afr’can National Liberation Army of Mr Robert Mugabe north-east of the border city of Umtali, and added: “The operation is continuing.” The military authorities refused to say whether the attack had ended. ! They would also not say whether it involved ground and air forces, but observers said the wording of the communique suggested that ground troops were involved. Zimbabwe Rhodesian forces last raided Mozam-i bique in a three-dav oper-i ation in the week before the; London conference began. '
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