ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: Mugabe Takes Charge

But the revolutionary talks of reconciliation

The tension hung heavy over Zimbabwe Rhodesia early last week, almost as if the bloody seven-year civil war were still raging. In Salisbury, armored personnel carriers rolled through the streets and clusters of armed Rhodesian soldiers gathered nervously on the corners as helicopter gunships swooped low over the city. Out in the bush, at the Alpha cease-fire camp, Sergeant Roy Rowley of the Rhodesian African Rifles noted grimly: "Now I know what it's like to be waiting for the end of the world."

For many of the...