PARTICULARLY ON THE PART OF THE AFRICAN HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, THAT MOZAMBIQUE, WHEN FRELIMO BECOMES THE GOVERNMENT NEXT MONTH, WILL SUBSTANTIALLY TIGHTEN THE SANCTIONS. WE HAVE OURSELVES SAID THAT INSOFAR AS THAT MEANS A SEVERE WORSENING OF MOZAMBIQUE'S BALANCE OF
PAYMENTS AND INTERNAL FINANCIAL POSITION, WE ARE PREPARED TO CONTRIBUTE TO A MOZAMBIQUE AID FUND WHICH WILL OF COURSE BE AN INTERNATIONAL FUND TO HELP IN THIS WAY, AND I THINK THERE IS NO
DOUBT THAT THIS WOULD BE A SERIOUS BLOW TO RHODESIA. WHEN, SOME YEARS AGO, THE SANCTIONS BEGAN THERE WAS SOME HOPE, WHICH INDEED
I EXPRESSED THAT THE CUTTING OFF OF OIL AND SO ON TO THE
PIPELINE WOULD LEAD TO VERY SEVERE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, BUT OF
COURSE THOSE SANCTIONS WERE DELIBERATELY FRUSTRATED, NOT BY BRITAIN, AND THE OIL WENT BY A CIRCUITOUS ROUTE INTO RHODESIA, AND
SO DID OTHER COMMODITIES. BUT NOW WITH THE MAIN LINES LOURENCO
MARQUES AND BEIRA UNDER MOZAMBIQUE CONTROL, A DIFFERENT MOZAMBIQUE, I THINK WE SHALL SEE THE SITUATION CHANGE. THAT IS CERTAINLY THE
VIEW OF OUR AFRICAN COLLEAGUES.
(CALLAGHAN)
MAY I ADD A WORD? COULD I JUST ADD TWO THINGS ON THIS IN
RELATION TO THE UNITED STATES. FIRST IS THAT WE WOULD WELCOME THE REPEAL OF THE BYRD AMENDMENT ON IMPORT OF CHROME. I THINK
THAT'S THE GENERAL DESIRE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND
WTH THE RHODESIAN REGIME IN ITS PRESENT STATE THAT COULD BE OF
MATERIAL ASSISTANCE. THE SECOND THING IS, I WOULD LIKE IF I MAY, TO UNDERSCORE WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER SAID, THAT IN THE TIGHTENING
@ OF SANCTIONS AND THEIR WIDENING AND EXTENSION, THAT MOZAMBIQUE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART AND THERE WILL BE, AND WE ARE PROPOSING FROM
THE COMMONWEALTH, AN INTERNATIONAL FUND SO THAT BRITAIN, OF COURSE, WOULD OBVIOUSLY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION, BUT IT WOULD BE OPEN TO THE UNITED STATES IF IT THOUGHT IT DESIRABLE TO DO SO, AND
ABLE TO DO SO, TO MAKE ANOTHER CONTRIBUTION.
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THE SAME MAY POSSIBLY APPLY WITH BOTSWANA, SHOULD BOTSWANA
CLOSE THE RAIL LINKS.
a SECRETARY OF STATE. DID YOU RAISE THE QUESTION OF CHROME TODAY?
A.
(CALLAGHAN)
NOT THIS AFTERNOON, NO, BUT WE SHALL BE HAVING FURTHER TALKS,
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/ Q. PRIME MINISTER,