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PASTOR GENERAL
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S REPORT, August 22, 1980
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UNIQUE NEW P.T. PROMOTIONAL DISPLAY TESTED
Each month over two million Chicago area commuters pass through the
Chicago Northwestern Railroad Station. Now, as of the past week, they
are being exposed to a unique new PLAIN TRUTH promotional display.
Through a company called Transportation Displays, Inc., we have rented a
glass enclosed, fully illuminated display island showcase to advertise
The PLAIN TRUTH. This 3' x 7' display has "pockets" which hold special
"take one" brochures offering a free subscription to the P.T.
There is potential with this method to expose The PLAIN TRUTH to multiple
millions of people who pass through the many railway stations across the
nation each month, and the test results will be taken to Mr. Herbert W.
Armstrong for his consideration.
--Publishing Services
ON THE WORLD SCENE
ZIMBABWE: THE BITTER SPOILS OF WAR Simon Bolivar, the great "liberator"
of South America, said near the bitter end of his sad career: "He who
serves a revolution ploughs the sea."
The same might be said today of the frustrations now confronting Robert
Mugabe, the Marxist-trained revolutionary who gained power over Rhodesia-
now turned Zimbabwe--after a bloody seven-year conflict.
Gracious in victory, Mr. Mugabe proclaimed on the new country's birthday-
April 18, 1980--that "It is time to beat our swords into plowshares."
The pragmatic Marxist tried to bury the hatchet, promising no recrimina
tions against either the white minority or his ce�sated electoral foes.
He further outlined an economic program he hoped would prevent a whole
sale exodus of the white population, without which Zimbabwe's economy
would certainly collapse.
It sounded good at the time. But Mr. Mugabe is confronting the ugly
realities of today. He is a man caught in the middle. His more radical
"comrades" are disappointed that more of the spoils of war have not come
their way. Thousands of frustrated whites have left, with many more ready
to flee if--or when--conditions worsen. Worst of all, the prospect of a
post-independence civil war, predicted by many observers years ago, could
be just over the horizon.
Crisis Over a Murder
Mugabe's mounting troubles have come to a head over the arrest of one of
his cabinet ministers, Edgar Tekere, on charges of killing a 68-year-old
white farmer on the outskirts of Salisbury. Tekere, the Minister of Man
power and Planning, has been a headache for Mugabe all along. The most
radical minister in the cabinet, Tekere has called repeatedly for a
swifter white-to-black changeover in government offices.