MEDIA REACTION SECRETARY POWELL'S OP-ED ON ZIM

UNCLAS HARARE 001375 SIPDIS DEPT FOR AF/PDPA FOR DALTON, MITCHELL AND SIMS NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER LONDON FOR GURNEY PARIS FOR NEARY NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL KPAO KMDR ZI SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION SECRETARY POWELL'S OP-ED ON ZIM UNDER FIRE; HARARE ¶1. The government-controlled daily "The Herald" continues to publish discourteous articles against Secretary of State Colin Powell. Excerpts of an op-ed carried in the July 2 edition follow: ¶2. Under headline "U. S. Secretary of State ignorant of Zimbabwean situation" the "Herald" (07/02) carried the following op-ed by Willmore Kanyongo - based in the United States - on page 4: "It is clear the U. S. Secretary of State - Colin Powell - is totally ignorant of the Zimbabwean situation. The article he wrote. . .has further shown him as a shameless liar, who habitually sought to build his foreign policy on utter fabrication. . .American foreign policy has always been underpinned by double talk, double standards, deception and false promises of money if certain leaders are removed. . .Zimbabweans should be wary and not succumb to these American machinations." SULLIVAN