7. For this purpose liaison and monitoring teams will be established as follows:
(a) five liaison teams, each led by a senior officer (ie of the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel) will be
assigned to maintain contact with each of the security forces Joint Operations Commands (JOCs);
(b) a number of teams of equivalent rank will be assigned to maintain contact with the Patriotic Front
forces command structure;
(c) fifteen teams, each led by a junior officer (ie Captain or Lieutenant) will be located with the security
forces at sub-JOC level;
(d) a number of teams led by a Lieutenant or Senior NCO will be located at security forces company
base level;
(e) up to fifteen teams, each led by an officer, will be located at places designated for assembly of
Patriotic Front forces;
(f) up to twelve teams, each led by an officer, will be located at border crossing points; and
(g) two teams, each commanded by an officer of the rank of Flight Lieutenant or Squadron Leader, will
be located at military airfields.
8. The force will be organised under British auspices; and the majority of its personnel will be British.
The Australian, New Zealand, Kenyan and Fijian governments have agreed to participate in the
monitoring force. Members of the force will carry weapons for their personal protection only and will
be provided with vehicles and helicopters carrying a distinctive marking. The force will be equipped
with an independent radio communications network.
Dispositions of the Forces
9. Disengagement of the forces will be essential to an effective cease-fire and the deployment of the
monitoring force. The activities of the security forces and their maintenance of the cease-fire will be
monitored from their existing bases. In the case of the Patriotic Front forces at present inside Rhodesia,
it will be essential that they should assemble at pre-determined places so that their maintenance of the
cease-fire can be similarly monitored and arrangements can be made for their security, accommodation
and other agreed requirements.
10. Up to fifteen such places will be designated for this purpose. In addition, a larger number of
intermediate collection points will be designated to which Patriotic Front personnel will report with
their arms and equipment during the initial phase of the cease-fire and from which they will make their
way by agreed safe-routes to their assembly places. A Patriotic Front representative and a monitoring
team will be present at each intermediate collection point during this phase. The police and defence
forces will not be involved in the assembly process and will not be present at the collection points.
Patriotic Front personnel will be guaranteed safe passage from the collection points to their assembly
places.
Cross-Border Activity
11. A major objective of the cease-fire arrangements must be to secure a cessation of all movement by
the security forces into neighbouring countries and by the Patriotic Front forces into Rhodesia. The
Governor will be responsible for ensuring compliance with this requirement by the forces inside
Rhodesia. The governments of Zambia, Botswana and Mozambique will be invited to agree on
effective cross-border liaison arrangements to ensure compliance with this requirement for forces based
outside Rhodesia and to prevent cross-border movements by such forces. This will involve the
establishment of liaison officers outside Rhodesia. At the same time, provision must be made to permit
the return of civilian personnel to Rhodesia during the cease- fire in order to vote or engage in other
peaceful political activity. Up to twelve border crossing points will be established, under the
supervision of the monitoring force, for this purpose.
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