Bush war claims 24 more despite truce
NZPA Salisbury fhe Rhodesian military high command, in its first communique since the formal signing of a bush war cease-fire last Friday, has reported the deaths of a further 24 people in hostilities in the British colony. A military high command spokesman, speaking on Christmas Eve, also
said that there had been no visible signs of a decrease in Patriotic Front guerrillas activity since the Front leaders, Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe. signed the cease-fire agreement in London. The communique listed the deaths of three Sa--1 i s b u r y Government troops. 12 guerrillas, and four of their collaborators.
Four black civilians died in crossfire and another, a bus driver, died when his vehicle detonated a guerrilla landmine, the communique said. Official sources said they did not exp:ct any appreciable drop in -war activity for several days. Front sources here said couriers were in rural areas telling guerrilla units about the cease-fire.
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