The World : Threat From S. Africa Told
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Leaders of six black-ruled nations in southern Africa met in Mozambique for a one-day summit and protested that South Africa is massing armed forces along its borders with Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Representatives of those countries and of Angola, Botswana, Zambia and Tanzania urged “all peoples and governments of the world to block South Africa’s race toward generalized war.” Their summit followed by one day a national alert called by Mozambique President Samora M. Machel, warning that South Africa was planning an air raid to overthrow his government.
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