ASSIGNMENT SELOUS SCOUTS by JIM PARKER

INSIDE STORY OF A RHODESIAN SPECIAL BRANCH OFFICER.

"THE RHODESIAN BUSH WAR HAD GRUMBLED ON AT A LOW KEY SINCE THE EARLY 1960'S, BUT IT ESCALATED SHARPLY IN LATE 1972 WHEN MAJOR INFILTRATIONS OF ZANLA GUERRILLAS INTO RHODESIA's NORT EAST FROM MOZAMBIQUE BEGAN.  THE SITUATION WAS AIDED BY THE IMMINENT COLLAPSE OF THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION THERE.  WHEN THEY WITHDREW, FRELIMO TOOK CONTROL AND ALLOWED ZANLA TO ESTABLISH REAR BASES ALONG THE MORE THAN 1000KM LONG EASTERN FRONTIER OF RHODESIA AND EXTEND OPERATIONS SOUTH INTO MANICALAND, THE LOWVELD AND SOUTHERN MATEBELELAND............

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