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FROM THE PRIME i• 1I N I S T :ER T 0 1-iR CLARK, TO REACH HIM ,'i0 EAA RL. I ER i HA N;

1930 LOCAL TIME TON I GH-IT,

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I AM SURE YOU 1'II:RE AS HEARTENED AS I WAS BY THE AGREEMENT THA'I'

REACHED Al' LUSAKA OVER RHODESIA. I BELIEVE. THAT THIS I S A M ST

SNi`N I F I CAN 1 AD'v ANCE: AND THAT A NEW BASIS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED

FOR PROGRESS TOWARDS A PEACEFUL SETTL Ei,,`EN T 4 I N ACCORDANCE WITH

THE TERMS OF THAT AGREEMENT WE. ARE NOW I SSU I N G I NV I I'ATI OOHS TOBISHOP MUZOR °IA AND THE LEADERS OF THE PA t R 10 s I C FR NT TO ATTENDA COISTI TUT I OVAL COIF E:.IRENCE. I N LONDON TO PEG1 N ON ( S`.' T t.' i= =Rn

TH 13 I S ONNL Y TIME F I RST STAGE I N A PROCESS WH I CI I S BOUND TO BE

DELICATE AND D I FF I CUZ. T , THE SUPPORT OF OUR FR ii ENDS A tiD ALL 123 'ILL}) : OF PARTICULAR HELP OVER THE COMING WEEKS AND I AM CONFIDENT

THAT I CAN COUNT ON YOU.YOUR SINCERELY

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