§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether he will set out from information available to him from overseas sources the number of (a) black and (b) white Rhodesian civilians killed 58W in each of the last three years by terrorists belonging to the ZANU wing of the Patriotic Front under the political control of Mr. Robert Mugabe and Mr. Josiah Tongogara; and what are the equivalent figures for deaths among members of the Rhodesian security forces and the terrorists themselves;
(2) whether he will set out, from information available to him from overseas sources, the number of (a) black, and (b) white Rhodesian civilians killed in each of the last three years by terrorists belonging to the ZAPU wing of the Patriotic Front under the political control of Mr. Joshua Nkomo; and what are the equivalent figures for deaths among members of the Rhodesian security forces and the terrorists themselves.
§ Mr. RowlandsAccording to figures published by the regime in Salisbury, 358 members of the security forces, 2,649 Nationalist guerrillas and over 1,000 civilians, including 88 Europeans, have been killed since December 1972. We have no means of checking the accuracy of these figures or of providing a breakdown of the totals given.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions, and on what dates, Mr. John Graham and his colleagues met Bishop Abel Muzorewa or other members of the UANC during the mission's visit to Rhodesia and what is the equivalent information for (a) Mr. Robert Mugabe and (b) Mr. Joshua Nkomo or their supporters when the mission visited the countries in which those men were then resident.
§ Mr. RowlandsDuring the first round of their consultations Mr. Graham and his colleagues met Bishop Muzorewa and other members of the UANC in Botswana on 20th and 21st May. They again met members of the UANC in Lusaka on 31st May. The consultative group met representatives of the Patriotic Front in Dar-es-Salaam on 24th May. Mr. Graham met Mr. Mugabe in Maputo on 30th May and the group met Mr. Nkomo in Lusaka on 1st June and 7th July.