Rundu, Namibia—President Reagan should appoint his own envoy to Namibia.
The interna] American case for a presidential envoy is that while Chester Crocker is possibly the best qualified Assistant Secretary of State for Africa our country has ever had, he has a continent to cover and a gaggle of vanities— on several continents—to assuage; his jurisdiction does not permit the concentration of purpose and action the Namibian problem increasingly requires. He also serves a State Department not noted for its valor on southern Africa, or for its security against leaks.
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