Nkomo_Mugabe_and_the_All_Parties_Conference_APC_7Oct1978.pdf

THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON, D.C. 2o3ot Dgpiaqf OCI Z E7B */ IIEHORAI{DUI{ FOR THE PRESIOENT SUBJECT: ilkonn, l{ugabe, and the All-Partlcs Conference (APC) (U) Jn State Departmant and CIA reporttng from southern Africa suggcsts thct 'Joshua Nkonro, Presldcnt of ZAPU, ls unl lkely to Joln an APC becausc he represents a mlnorlty ethnlc group and ls not confldent that he could win a free electton. He seems more confldent of hls milltary optlon, based on cohtlnucd mllltary support from thc U...