Us Government urged to aid emerging African nations

THE general secretary of the US Catholic Conference (USCC) has urged the United States to help emerging African nations to achieve economic independence and to use boycotts and other pressures to bring freedom for blacks in South Africa and Rhodesia.
Bishop James S. Rausch of the USCC described black liberation movements in Rhodesia and South Africa as legitimate expressions of the peoples' desire for human rights.
The Bishop's comments were contained in a letter to Mr Henry Kissinger, the Secretary of State. The letter was mritten earl) •this month but was made public when Mr Kissinger left on his twoweek trip to Africa to confer with the Presidents of Zambia and Tanzania and with leaders of Rhodesian liberation forces. Specifically, Bishop Ruasch urged the United States to: Support Zambia and Mozambique, both of which are trying to maintain eco nomic stability while refusing to do business with neighbouring Rhodesia;
Assure the 14 hile majority governments of South
Africa and Rhodesia that they can expect no aid whatsoever until black demands for full participation in their respective governments are met; Refuse to import chrome ore from Rhodesia, which is now done in violation of United Nations-sponsored. economic sanctions against that country; Discourage American businesses from Investing in Rhodesia, Namibia (SouthWest Africa, a protectorate of South Africa) and South Africa.
Guarantee that it will not attempt to destabilise governments in Africa or meddle in their internal affairs.
In Washington last week Mr Kissinger told reporters that majority rule in Rhodesia could come about within a decade, but that it should result from negotiation, not war between black liberation forces and the government of Pr i.rn e Minister Lin Smith.