Abbreviations
- AAP
Anglo-American proposal/Anglo-American plan
- ANC
African National Congress (South Africa)
- ANC
African National Council (Rhodesia)
- BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
- BMATT
British Military Advisory and Training Team
- EXCO
Executive Committee (Internal Settlement)
- FCO
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Britain)
- FRELIMO
Front for the Liberation of Mozambique
- FROLIZI
Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe
- GOZ
Government of Zimbabwe
- LOMA
Law and Order Maintenance Act
- MK
Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) – the South African ANC’s armed wing
- MPLA
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
- NDP
National Democratic Party (Southern Rhodesia)
- OAU
Organization of African Unity
- PF
Patriotic Front
- SADF
South African Defence Force
- UANC
United African National Council
- UDI
Unilateral Declaration of Independence
- ZANLA
Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army
- ZANU
Zimbabwe African National Union
- ZANU-PF
Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
- ZAPU
Zimbabwe African People’s Union
- ZIPA
Zimbabwe People’s Army
- ZIPRA
Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army
- ZNA
Zimbabwe National Army