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that if SWAPO did not obtain such a majority it would fight. She had pointed out firmly that this attitude bore no relation to genuine democracy. Similarly, the report of the
Commonwealth Observers' Group, to which Britain had rightly decided not to belong, had been very biased. It had made no mention of the death camps run by SWAPO in Angola where people had been tortured. Although reports of these camps had appeared in the international press, the churches had made no mention of them in their recent statements. Some of the people
had undergone torture in these camps were now fighting SWAPO the elections. She had made clear that the Commonwealth meezing should not undermine the task of Mr Ahtisaari who had beeg specifically asked to judge whether the elections had been properly conducted.
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Continuing the PRIME MINISTER said that the election of the new Commonwealth Secretary General had been skillfully handled by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir. He had secured agreement that after a secret ballot he would announce the name of the candidate who had received most votes, without specifying the number. He had invited Heads of Government then to vote unanimously in of the winning candidate, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, which they be done. There had been regrettable double-dealing over the choice of venue for the next CHOGM. Prime Minister of Mata Dr Adami, had proposed over a year ago that Malta should host CFOOM. This would have increased his own Government's chances the forthcoming elections. There had been no discussion of this question at Kuala Lumpur until the final stages of the meeting Adami had reminded Heads of Government of his application ring the Retreat. Meanwhile, African Heads of Government had colluded with the Prime Ministers of Canada and Austreha to put together a majority of one vote in favour of selecting forage. Only fifteen minutes before the issue was to be decide they had approached Dr Adami and demanded that he withdraw his proposal, otherwise they would put the issue to a vote. Dr Adami had decided that he had no alternative but to withdraw. He behaved with great dignity throughout these discreditable manoeuvres
In a brief discussion, it was pointed at that in the negotiations on the Communique the original(draft had contained friendly references to the United Nations Special Representative in Namibia. After a long and heated argument bority in the committee had succeeded in deleting the friendly references. The Foreign Ministers of Zimbabwe and Nigeria had hom particular bitterness towards Mr Ahtisaari. It had been noticeable that while the Canadian Prime Minister had taken a high profile in pressing for increased sanctions agaiage South Africa, Canada's trade with South Africa had soared dramatically. This had caused some embarrassment to the Canadians who had pressed for tighter monitoring of financiad but not trade, flows. It was noted that Britain's own sh
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