Boodschap van Thatcher voor Mobutu over Rhodesië
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Op 11 november 1965 riep de blanke regering onder leiding van Ian Smith de onafhankelijkheid van het vroegere Zuid-Rhodesië uit onder de naam Rhodesië. In 1979 ging het land nog even Zimbabwe Rhodesië heten, maar werd uiteindelijk in 1980, een jaar later, toch ook onafhankelijk als Zimbabwe.
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Boodschap van Thatcher voor Mobutu over Rhodesië
- 1. 250 • - ,ITI AL •Y 131500Z f I CO 1-3):15-07ZriU,G ' a.) TO IMi,IZDIATE Ki USl.A`3A TEL1N10110 OF 13 AUGUST' R110DESIA: 7, 7/7 qt 1, PLEASE TRAN M1IT THE FOLLOWING PERSOIIAL P''!=SSAGE FROM THE PR IiME f".iPJ1STE:R TO PR S 1DE`lT i;0 'UI'U, FIRST THING TOMORROW14 AUGUST, BEGI NS LBAR MR PRESIDENT, 1 AN FULLY A',°/AR;:OF THE CONCERNYOU FEEL FOR A PEACEFUL SOLU1 #011 (0 THE RHODESIANPROBLEMAND I AMGRATEFUL FOR THE CONSISTENTLY HELPFUL ATTITUDE YOU HAVE 'I'AK N. RICHARD LUCE9S CALL ON YOU LAST .JUNE 1'WAS A MOST VALUABLE PART OF OUR PROCESS OF CONSULTATIONWITH AFRICAN LEADERS AS A RESULT OF WHICH ';E HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FORMULATEOUR POLICY ON RHODESIA. TH1S POL 1C'( i S SET OUT I N THE AGRE MENT WHICH WAS REACHED AT THE COMMONWEALTHHEADS OF GOVERNMENTMEETING AT LUSAKA. I A9 CONFIDENT YOU ,11ILL SHARE '1Y VIEW THAT 1'Hi S iGREElNEN,lT IS A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT AND HOLDS CUT A REAL HOPE OF PROGRESSTOWARDS A SETTLEMENT. I Afl SURE THAT YOU WILL BE WISHING US WELL IN OUR EFFORTS TO 1i'PLEME 11 TH-1E PROPOSALS OUT! I NN'E: I !'l THE AGREEME NT AND THAT I CAN COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT I N THE PER IOD THAT LIES AHEAD. THERE ARE ROUND TO BE DIFFICULTIES, BUT WE SHALL BE SPARING PO 'EFFORTTO RESOLVE THEM. YOURS SINCERELY, MARGARET THATCHER, END3s 2. YOU MAY DRAW ON FCO TELNOS 13914-` -TO Mi RIMBAS SALISBURY I N TALKINGTO GOVERNMENTSTO WHICH YOU ARE ACCREDITED. YOU SHOULD ALSOMAKEFULL USE OF GUIDANCEMATERIAL. CARRI NGTOM