Rhodesian forces have been pursuing a large band of guerrillas said to number between 80 and 100 who were alleged to have crossed into Rhodesia from Mozambique in mid-November. Since then 38 have been killed.

SYNOPSIS: At Rusape, in Rhodesia, reporters were invited to view the efforts of Rhodesian Security Forces on Monday (29 November) when 13 African guerrillas were killed. Seventeen bodies as well as captured arms were on show at a police camp at Rusape. In the increasing guerrilla warfare occurring about Rhodesia's borders, the death toll meant that 245 guerrillas had been killed in November, by far the largest number in the last four years. Some ???he guerrillas had been captus???alive, one of whom said he'd been forced into being a guerrilla.

Some of the bodies of the guerrillas had been hideously burned. B.B.C's Ian Smith asked Major Garth Barrett about the effect of the constitutional talks in Geneva.