(6 Nov 1974) Since white-ruled Rhodesia unilaterally declared its independence from Britain, it has learned to live with international trade sanctions and has contained the more violent protests of black nationalists demanding an effective voice in their country's affairs. But with the end of Portuguese rule in neighbouring Mozambique and Angola, the picture is changing. Black guerrilla raids in border areas are increasing, forcing white farmers to turn their farms into fortresses and the government to move the African population into fortified villages. Many whites think the writing is on the wall and are preparing to leave. The feeling is growing that "the Rhodesian problem" will now be settled not by negotiation between whites in Salisbury and whites in London, but by confrontation between whites and blacks in Rhodesia itself.
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