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We were able to advertise QUEST/78 on T.V. which I know was tremen
dously encouraging to the British brethren. This was the first time
"the Work" has been able to use T.V. for any of its activities. The
response is more than we imagined we would achieve and Frank Brown
and his team are working hard to maintain the initial success.
--Jack Martin, Vice President of Publishing
ON THE WORLD SCENE
NAMIBIA CRISIS: Over the weekend there has been a breakdown
in
efforts
tc1
secure
a
peaceful transition to
an
independent Namibia
(South West Africa) . South African For·eign Minister Roelof Botha
left U.N. sponsored talks on the issue in New York saying, .. I am
going away profoundly disappointed." He added that Western negotia
tors fail to appreciate the need for adequate military safeguards to
prevent a takeover by Marxist terrorist forces.
The South African government, present overseers of the territory, has
bent over backwards to comply with. demands of the United Nations
and the ..Big Five" Western powers in the Security Council--the U.S.,
Great Britain, France, Canada, West Germany. Pretoria agreed to the
principle of free elections under U.N. auspices, according to the
formula of one-man-one-vote.
What then, is holding up the process? Simply this .. The "Big Five"
have caved in to the demands of the guerrilla group, SWAPO (South
West African People
t
s Organization}, that South African anti
guerrilla security forces in the territory be greatly scaled down
prior to elections, which would permit SWAPO bands to intimidate
the population in heavily-populated Ovarnboland in northern Namibia
into voting its way. Without intimidation, it is extremely doubtful
SWAPO could win in any open election.
The Big Five are pushing for the replacement of South African troops
by a U.N. force--mostly from Black African nations. This would not
solve the problem, however, since the U.N. is already on record as
recognizing SWAPO as the "sole legitimate representative of the
Namibian people�--hardly an impartial stand. In the eyes of the
Ovambos (half the population} the U .. N. and SWAPO are virtually the
same.
Further indication of thE! U.N. and Big Five bias is thei fact that
}.rnerica's U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young hosted a formal
dinner
party
Thursday evening in New York for SWAPO guerrilla chief, Sam Nujorna,
r-,
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who two days later vowed to keep fighting to win on the battlefield
what he may not be able to get at the conference table. Thus, both the
U.S. and Britain are committing the same blunder in Namibia as well
as in Rhodesia--placating the "guys with the guns" instead of throwing
support behind moderate, peaceful leaders seeking broad-based popular
support.
Where have the senses of our leaders gone?
--Gene Hogberg, News Bureau
LETTER COMMENTS
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the subject. Al..!_9f. �'1ese J.e1:ters wer�eceived_thi�_past week and