SOUTHERN AFRICA: Kissinger Starts a Final Crusade

Early this week Secretary of State Henry Kissinger embarks on his latest—and almost certainly last—diplomatic foray. It may also be his most dangerous and most difficult because its goal is nothing less than preventing a race war in southern Africa.

Last week, following a three-day meeting with South African Prime Minister John Vorster in Zurich, Kissinger flew to London, Paris and Hamburg to report on the talks' progress to America's allies, then returned to Washington to confer with President Ford. Almost immediately, Ford and Kissinger decided that the Secretary should proceed...