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TELEGRAM NUMBER 157 INFO PRIORITY

OF 20 NOVEMBER

DAR ES SALAAM GABORONE LUSAKA LAGOS WASHINGTON

UKM I S NEW YORK LUANDA. RHODESIA. 1, UNLESS YOU SEE OBJECTION PLEA,3E PASS THE. FOLtLO"°JI NG MESSAGEFLROM

TE; PRIM`drMINISTER TO PRESIDEUi MACHL. AS SOON AS POSSLBI-1:2 'DEAR MR PRESIDENT, THE RHODESIA CONFERENCEHAS NOWR AC ED AG;EEMiENTOI' THE I NIDEI':'ENDENCE CONSTITUTION AND ON THE ARRANGEIINTS FOR BRINGING I T INTO EFFECT THROUGHFREE ELECTIONS SUPERViSEO UNDER I`HE.AUTHORITYOF A ERI.I,I SI-l GOVERNOR, THIS OPENS THE WAY TO A PEACEFUL SOLUTIONOF THE PROBLEM FINAL ST Er" - THE ARRAN•IGENENT` FOR A !T NOWREMAINS TO AGREE ON THE CEASE-FIRE. I F THERE I S AN EFFECTIVE CEASE-FIRE E= URI NG THE I NTE RI M PERIOD, AND I F ALL THE PARTIES COiNt"i I T THEMSELVES TO ABIDE BY THE OUTCOMEOF THE ELECTION, THE RESULT WIL.L BE A LASTING PEACE-FOR THE PEOPLE OF RHODESIA AND FOR MOZAMBIQUE. MR PAPADOPOULOSHAS GIVEN MYlR CHI SSANO A FULL ACCOUNT OF OUR PROPOSALSFOR THE CEASE--FIRE. WE ARE READYTO PUT THESE INTO ErrECT VERY RAPi DL.Y. I KNOWTHAT YOU WILL BE NO LESS CO'E ERNED THAN WE ARE TO ACHIEVE AN END TO THE WARWITHIN THE NEXT E= EW DAYS. IT tiI LL BE ESSENTIAL TO THE MAINTENANCEOF AN EFFEC;T I VE CEASEFIRE TO ENSURE THAT CiOSS ORDER ACTIVITY BY E I TER SIDE CEASES FROM THE START AND THROUGHOUT THE I NT ERIMM1 PERIOD. WE SHALL THEREFORE WANTTO DISCUSS w i 11 YOu ARRAN E':,i% TS FOR MILITARY LIAISON i ET'WEEN SE 1I .S S I OBI I N PriODEES1 / TO i OUR T O CO,IF E?LEI; rL' :I;R4 S , 1 '1-!`t,E G`' A ' SRE C,Qtst:'l ENSURE THAT NO AGTI Vfl ( TAKES PLACEE.WHICH COULD LEAD TO A EL >l1`PT I ON

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