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Carrillo in the Cortes The two most energetic ambassadors of imperialism have just completed another gruelling lap in their desperate race against time and But for Cyrus Vance and David Owen there can be no resting yet from their arduous and dedicated labours.

Foreign ministers from France, Canada and West Germany have converged on London to review the next stage of the course, and inspect the hurdles faced by their chosen delegates to southern Africa.

In their missionary exercise, the athletic apostles of counterrevolution have undertaken the errand of snatching Zimbabwe and Namibia from the brink of revolutionary war.

The new imperialist gospel of 'peaceful settlement' has not altogether fallen on stony ground.

The leaders of SWAPO and the Patriotic Front have listened attentively to these soothing promises, while keeping a watchful eye on the movement of the masses which they claim to lead.

The racist oppressors of the South African and Rhodesian regimes have been no forted.

Already such 'implacable' opponents of imperialism as Nkomo and Mugabe have subtly indicated their willingness to be converted by the same spirit of brotherly love.

By muttering statements about 'Marxism' • Mugabe can shuffle to gain an edge of support over Nkomo within the Patriotic But the reviving confidence of imperialism's agents "has shown that major concessions have been made in the recent talks.

The South African administration has moved to impose 'emergency security powers' upon Namibia, while Owen now feels able to threaten the Patriotic Front with political isolation if it does not cooperate fully in the 'solution' he is advancing.

The messengers of imperialism fervently hope that they are the heralds of defeat for the black African masses.

Their proposals must be decisively rejected now, along with all those "leaders' who flirt with such attempts to surrender the liberation struggles to the eager grasp of international capitalism.