e. temporarilyaborting the larger, more powerful negotiations. Smith made arrangements with Musarawa to have an integratedgovernment. This government acknowledged Musarawa as Prime Minister but Smith remained President. But thismove did not address the black call for a constitutional change implementing majority rule. International governments,somewhat shrewdly, did not recognize Musarawa's leadership, therefore created a need for continued negotiation.The churches had a very interesting political influence during these negotiations. The Catholic Community for Justiceand Peace distributed publications around the world telling about Smith's armies and their terrible attacks on innocentblacks. This singe event brought the international community strongly out against Smith. Out of a summit called by Prime Minister Thatcher came the Lancaster House Agreement, which played theleadership of the hard front against the soft front. This created the need for Smith to find some kind of settlementbecause of the international forces putting pressure on him to resolve the conflict. The South African government waspushing for detente because they were so economically stressed that they could not continue to support Smith in thiskind of long, extended conflict. Thus, all these pressures along with the frontline states helped to unify black pressurefor majority rule. Finally, with Lord Carrington's shrewd negotiation, there was an agreement. An interim governmentwas formed, new elections were set, and Mugabe was elected President, which united the military and politicaldimensions in one-to-one rule.This case study is important because of the different perspectives involved and in perceiving how perspectivesinfluence conflict--internationally as well as locally. In this particular case study, the perspective on one side wasfraught with the paternalism of Christian colonialism. This perspective was articulated by Smith when he addressed agroup in Salisbur...
