Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Smith, Field nevamwe vakasangana muSalisbury musi wa13 March 1962 uye vakabvumirana kubatana vachipesana naWhitehead seRhodesian Front (RF). Front yacho yaibvira kune vaimbove varume veUFP, kusanganisira Smith, avo vaitsigira shanduko zvishoma nezvishoma uye hurumende yakavakirwa pakukosha uye zvikwaniriso zvesarudzo, kunhengo dzerudyi dzeDominion Party, vamwe vacho vaive nemaonero ekuparadzanisa asina kufanana neavo veSouth Africa's National Party. Pakati peidzi misiano, mubatanidzwa weRF wakanga uchangotanga wakanga usina kusimba zvikuru. Nhengo dzayo dzakabatanidzwa pamwe chete nekushora kwavo kwakafanana kuvimbiso dzaWhitehead dzekuvandudza nekukurumidza, izvo zvavakabvumirana kuti zvaizotungamira ku
Dambudziko renyika rakafanana nereCongo, kutiza kwenzanga yevachena uye pakupedzisira kuparadzwa kwenyika yacho. Muchirevo chakakura cheHondo Yemashoko, RF inoshingairira kupokana nemakomonisiti yaida kumiririra nhare yeWest muAfrica, padivi peSouth Africa nePortugal, mukutarisana nezvavaifunga sekuwedzera kweSoviet neChinese. Smith akataura kuti RF yakashanda kudzivisa "pfungwa iyi yakapenga yokupa, yokutengeswa kweEurope netsika yayo, zvirokwazvo yezvose zvaakanga aisa munyika yake". "Varungu ndivo vanatenzi veRhodesia", iye akadaro; "[iye] akaivaka uye anovavarira kuichengeta".