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Author). Government +uauuren ol Rhodesia. Prsspotlu Southern 

ureq+nos 

in was the eq+ Jo of debt +qeP a e not +ou and puP Rhodesia 

ersapoLlu fJorthern uraq+roN of JO respect +sadsar 

ur seM remainder repuTeua,r the aq+ 'e'T 

(i.e. ) million uorTTTtx £t.75 9/' {3 to o+ Rhodesias 

sPTsapoqu 

two omf aq1 the acquiring 6ut:rtnbre of JO cost +so3 Imperial lEtJedrul total Te+o+ the arl+ 

reducing 6utcnpa,r 

£2 pay thereby Aqa,:aq1 Government, '1ueuru,lano5 British LlsT+Trg the eq+ to o+ million uorTTTlx 

7g Aed to o+ had peq +ueuureno5 Government Rhodesia ETsepoqg Southern uJaq+nos new Meu The eLlI 

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assets. s+esse Aerurlre:r railway s+T its q+TM with tampering 6ur,raduel any Aue lsuteEe against tection uor+34+ 

-oed pro- cast-iron uo;tT-+seJ panraoer received puE and Zambesi TsequreZ the er.{+ of }o south q+nos and puP 

north q+rou both q+oS_:+qbTr rights Ieraurur mineral its s+T kept +de >l Aueduro3 Company the eLl+ whilst +sTTqM 

r 

Rhodesias, sErsapoLlH Effi two the aq1 ur in buildings s0utpTTnq and puE works s>lroM public 3TTqnd 'spuel 

lands, 

uñalienated pa+EueTTEun all TTe r€n over o took >loo+ Crown uMoJl "The eQIir '0c0'0El- 

750,000. £3 EE for roJ 

surrpTr claims s Co's r ol 'V'S'g 

B.S.A. the eLl+ out +no bought lqDnoq Crown umo,r3 British qsT+Trg The eql 

'+ueuu,rano6-31es 

self-government. esoLls chose plebiscite, r s+TOSTqaTd a E of Jo result +Tnser the aq+ 

sE as 'pue 

and, Africa; lecr.r3.y South r.l+nos of Jo Union uQrun (then) (ueq+ ) the eq+ inclusion 

or self-government of choice the given was 

in ur uorsnTsut 

Jo +usulurano6-31as Jo a3Toq3 aq+ uenrE serq Rhodesia 

ersspoqH 

u.req+nos Southern 1923 tZ6l uI In -3t*nd purchase. of Jo right +qBTr by fq Rhodesia 

ErsepoqH 

Southern 

ureq+noS Jo of aldoad people the by owned was it onwards 1923 from 

",-{+ f q paumo seM +T sprEMU o EZ6l tllor} 

'Aueduo3 

+ng But Company. e3rrJV Africa q+nCIS South British qsT+Trg aLl+ the by Aq pere+srurtrpe 

administered 

spM was pup and ,,4+Trnuuof, community" "settler 

reT++as. calleda 

p- pafTe3 aq be Al,rado,rd properly could pTnD3 

Rhodesia) ( ersapoLlu (now Mou ) Rhodesia ersepoLlu ur€q+nos Southern 1923 tz5 | to o+ 05 1590 B L From rxo,rJ 

own. 'uMo 

his sTLl on uo up ci n set +es and pue partnership 

dTr'.{s,rau1,red 

dissolve 

anTossTp o+ to wishes saqsTM uJTJ firm sssursnq business a E of Jo partner .rau1:red junior .rorunI 

the aLl + when uaL{M than ueq+ more eJour no ou 'uorlce 

action, q3ns such in ur illegal 1e6a11r nothing 6utqlou 

ias seM there aJeq+ +Eq+ that peuTE+ureu maintained always sAervrlE have an BLI eA We Britain. 

'urE+rrg 

to o+ 

req her punoq bound +Eq+ that seT+ ties tenuous snonue+ when 1965, 

11th, November on the aq+ pa.ren severed es she eqs ueqm '9961 

'q+ 1. L raquanoN uo e3uepuadapuT independence her req declared peJeT3ep Rhodesia 

aTsapoLlU 

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propaganda. wing 

left- -+Jar JO of organ ueBro an uE into o+ul turned peurn+ and pup Left ;:::=filTl the by over ::l: 

taken ua>1e+ been ueeq largely fta6:e1 has seq +l'+3eJ it infact, ur nuaqm 

when, truth Ll+nr+ PesErqun unbiased 

aq+ the presents s+uasa,rd ssard Press s world's r pTroM the €q+ that 

those by held currently are 

+pq+ en believe erTaq still TTT+s oqM who 

asor.-l + Aq pTeq r{T+uerJn3 e.re qrTL{M which ideas sEapT erroneous snoau3rJa eq+ the 

Jo of eulos some correct +JeJ:ro3 to o+ Ar+ try CI+ to today zdepo+ purpose ssod;nd my Au is sr it +T pue and 

!,,p1rom world"; aq+ the of Jo rest +ser eq+ the o+,rou..:ppe to "nor add: would pTnoivl I this sTr..l+ clT 

,r'pTsapoqU Rhodesia." in uT- uor+en+TS situation eq+ the Durpce6a.r regarding Britain uTp+Trg Jo of people eldoad 

aq+ the o+ to pTo+ told been ueaq rane ever sEq has Ll+nr+ truth the eq+ resembling Burlquasa.r remotely 

A1e1cua,r 

6urq1o5il "Nothing :sproM words: aseq+ these Ll+TM with pa+re+s started (9L5L',EZ 1976) 23, (March q3rEN) 

ffi Telegraph Daily London uopuo-l the ell+ ur in re++eT letter recent +ue3er A V 

+,I0deu Report World pTJol4 & ersapoqu Rhodesia 

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Editor, ro+- pf 

ersapoqy Rhodesia J-o of anEeal League rnopueJ Candour r Chairman, 

ueu,rreq3 

uosrepuv Anderson 

'3 G. Ian ueI by fq 

Sl3VJ FACTS ONV AND SHIAN MYTHS RHODESIA: 

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"Southern r'Southern Rhodesia for her part obtained her public 

works and un-alienated land, 1and, the Southern Rhodesian 

settlers becoming b"ro*ing the th= only ohry community in Imperial 

history which has ever had to "oryqnm pa for the privila e of 

self-government.rr* (My italics - Author). 

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self_government.t* (My itafl,cs - Author). 

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The Rhodesian Courts are noted for their austere 

impartiality and, some Rhodesians would say, salr disregard 

of the dictates of government administrative 

expediency. After much careful consideration consi_deration of all_ 

the arguments and much detailed research, the 

Rhodesian Court court of Appeal Appea-l- came to the conclusion concr-usion that 

the so-called so-ca-l-1ed "Smith regime" regr-mertwas both the de facto factc and 

de jure government of Rhodesia. 

fhe main argument that swayed the Rhodesian Court ccurt of 

Appeal- was that in fact the British Government long J-ong previously had 

given Rhodesia her independence; 

independencel that could no and 

she cou-l-d nc more take it back from Rhodesia she than 

could from f Canada, Australia 

Austral_i_a or New (or, 

Zealand ( for that matter, the United States). 

In dj-sregard disregard of the same arguments the British 

House of Lords Judicial Committee committee (composed mainly mainlv of 

political poritical appointees) i-ntees ) hastily decided that Mr Smith's sm,-ih government had become illegal illegaI although it 

previously elected overnight, had been prev-'-cusiy al_though i_t 

ei-ecied under a Constitution 

constitution 

approved by the British Crown and Parliament. 

parliament. 

Further, the Southern souihern Rhodesia Rhrdesia Government bought the 

mineral rights from 

T1"u:11 

the British Bri.tish South south Africa Company comfany for 

£2 3"2 million in rn 1933; and subsequently the railways also .1"o 

were wete acquired 

by purchase. 

Although Althcugh Southern Rhodesia continued called Colony to in be call_ed 

legal lega1 documents, a 

in 1923 fact British from 1gZ3 Government the 

never once intervened affairs in nor her 

ever contributed towards 5outhern 

any finance tor.tl" development; 

and the status of southern Rhodesia was 

recognised as that of a self-governing such colony. she continued to As 

develop deverop and prosper p"o"pu" was ill-advisably until persuaded in she 

to join i"n the formation 

of the Central Centra.l- African Federation in 1953. 

*History 

of Southern Rhodesia: Early Days to 1934, 1g34, by y 

L.H. 

Gann, 1965, 1955 r page 248 Z4B 

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age. 'eEB of years seventeen under are Jo sreeA uaa+uanas Jepun aJe half JTELI about +noqE 

millions, 

of manpower six only is population total 

strain severe 

whose 

which Ll3T!.lM 

'=uo.t11u 

of Jo 

xTs Aluo sT uot+ETndod Te+o+ asoqM 

A.rlunoe country a e Jo :amodueu limited pa+TurT the aq+ on uo urE'r+s e,ran as 

a e imposes sasodut also osTe which q3TqM 

'luaudolen 

but +nq development, ep peaceful TnJaread' on uo 

spent been have profitably more could which material 

luads ueeq en Br.{ A1qe4r3-o'rd a'rolll pTno3 tlJTLlM Terrs+EtLL 

draining only not are which territory 

and puE money Aauout 3.o of us sn 6u1r-""p Aluo +ou arE qsTqM A':o1tr'ra1 

rno our harassment 

world, the of markets money 

stant 

into o+uT'suorstrn3ur incursions terrorist +sT'ro'rJe+ JCI of +ueussBJPq +uP+S 

-uo3 con- €Ll+ the of Jo e1-rds spite in ur and puP 'p1'rom aq+ Jo s+e>lreu Aeuoul 

aq+ sanctions, versal 

the tlorJ from Jlo off cut +n3 being 6uleq Jo of spite allds in ut 'suor+3ues Tesren 

-Tun exercise vicious most the 

aid any of spite in 

uni- +sou.lTE almost of Jo asr3rexs snor3Tn +soq aq+'Jo al1ds ur 

receiving 

prospered pexadsord and pue penrnJns survived whereas 

from far Rhodesia, years has seq all, 

'TTe 

at +e^pTe Aue 6utnra3s;t 

ruoJJ reJ 'ETsapoqH srBaA u3âTa eleven nearly ATresu for roJ seaJsLiM 

been, has 

them; !ueq1 uoon upon lavished paqsTêT 

'aq 

he, to o+ continues sBnur+uo3 and puP 'uaaq seq 

financial massive of spite 

q3Tq^4 which aid pTe TE3T6olouLl technological re+ pue and TeTf,uEu"rJ e^rssEtli Jo alrds 

uit+ueT3TJ}auTpueaTqE+sunpano.rdeêL].TMeTehpuP 

unstable proved have Malawi, and 

in inefficient arid 

partners, former favoured the contrast, By 

Zambia Erquez 

6sreulred JeuJo+ peJnoneJ sq+ 3+sEJ+uo3 ng 

'suor+Eu 

nations of Jo '{+Tunuuoc community bLi+ th in ur e3ueldacce 

acceptance 

- accorded hae should which 

con- and obligations the fulfil to respect every ditions 

universal TEsr'anrun her reLl papJosse e'^'eq pTnoLls q3TqM suor+Tp 

-uo3 pue suor+eBtlqc aq+ TTJTnJ o+ 1:adse'r A'rana in ur 

own her order 

and pue order, 

{ rePro pue and law MeT maintain urE+ureuj o+ 's'rte33-e 

±o affairs, uMo .rAq JepJo 

stability, economic her proved 

in 

then, 

feet; own since elapsed have that years amply has 

to o+ ability A+TtTqe :req her 

'fi+TTTqe+s 3rttlouo3a Jeq pano'rd nTdrxe -sEtl 

pTsapoqu 'uaq+ the 

Rhodesia 

e3urs pesdele en Eq +eq+ s'rea6 aq1 ur 

peapur her on standing of capable less, 

indeed and puE 14aa3- uMo JaLl uo 0ulpuE+s Jo alqedeJ 6sseT 

not more, r was Rhodesia politically and Economically 

+ou erotu seM ETsepoqU u{11erT+TTOd pue ATTe3TLttouosl 

'esTlr-J3ES 

sacrifice 

SIESeTOqM wholesale 

from exempted be to not was Empire, erstwhile 

this sTq+ uorj pe+dulexe eq o+ +ou sEM n artduL3 aTTLlr'4+sJa 

Rhodesia, Southern trade American 

the sq+ of Jo +rF-id pert se'ETsepor-lU as 

uJei'l+r'oS 

'€Per+ ue3TrarriV 

o+ so proved had which tariffs imperial 

to disadvantageous 

snoe6eluenpesrp os peAOJd pELl t'l 3TqM slJr;iE+ ler',radurt 

protective B^T+:a1o:d eq+ the Jo of abandonment +ueuuopuEqE the eLl+ pue and years srBeA twenty-five 

e^"r$*A+uam+ 

uTq+TM within a.rtdu3 Empire LtsT+Trg British the aq+ of io uoT+nTossrp dissolution te e..l+ included 

paPnT3uT 

War World in lease-lend of price the that back, 

II I I relq pTroA ur puaT-esEaT io art'rd a''.1+ +tl1 

-l::O 

s Stalin, and Roosevelt between Yalta 

Churchill's i TTTq3rnql behind puTtlq 'uTTE+S puE +Te/\esooU uaaM+eq 'B+Tei 

- was This 

at agreementmade the with accordance 

intended not was 

in 

+E speu luatlaal6e eq+ q+TM aluepJof,3e ur sem:Tql 

'paseeTer it 

released. eq be should pTnoqs she eqs pepue+ur +ou sPM +T q3TqM which 

a 

was 

rno,rJ into Rhodesia Southern draw to 

of formation the of 

Feder- African Central the 

purpose 

ation 

from net +au E o+uT BTsepoqu uraQlnoS Merp o+ sErv\ u:T+E 

-,r€paJ uE3Tr.+v TPr+uaJ eq+ 3o uor+euJroJ eq+ .}o asod'rnd 

hindsight, in clear, now is it But 

main urEu aq+ the +Eq+ that 

'+Ll6TspuTtl ur rr aTs Mou =T 1T 1lg 

treatment. +uetu+Ber+ stllES same eq+ the receive €nra3ar pTnorv\ would Rhodesia prsepoq,u Southern 

u:ra1+los 

independence thei-r 

+Et{+ that 

Nyasaland and Rhodesia Northern former the 

given were 

assumed PeunssB A11tce1 tacitly seM was it +T and pue :af,uapuadapul-"T:tl1 

urr.rb areM : pueTEse{5 Pue eTsePo'-lU u'leq+'roN rlul:r:}^ eLl+ 

- sre-ir1.:ed 1953, in Government British the by 

partriers raq+o other aq+ 'Eg6 

the L ur +ueuuren o! qsT+Trg eLl+ Aq 

pe^Tossrp. was Federation African Central the When 

dissolved sEM uor+E:repeJ uE.sTrlV TPr+u3J aq+ uaq/q 

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I have touched briefly b"i.fr;1n-*n" on the alleged arleged illegality illegarity of 

Rhodesia's Rhodesiars UDI because it is frequently maintained that 

sanctions, terrorist attacks and all ar--r- 

the other 

harassments 

to which Rhodesia has been subjected 

are the 

fault 

of Rhodesia and the consequence eonsequenee of her rashness 

in declaring her independence. Critics critics of UDI uDI base 

their opposition to it on the grounds, not that it ii-r", was 

ilIegal, illegal, but that it was superfluous arid and led us into 

unnecessary conflict confiict with the British Government, the 

United Nations and indeed most of the world, with all_ 

the sanctions and restrictions 

restri-ctions which have since ;i";u accrued; 

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because Rhodesia already alreadv was independent, and insisterlce wglitdelglCgl!, 

insistence on this thi;-G;ffi'Fou]d aDd greater 

fact should 

pursued Court have through been made the court and 

But of International even before UDI plans prans Justice. 

were being drawn up and implemented 

for the subversion of Rhodesia. ,For instance, 

the British Government banned the importation of a.r_1 all 

firearms, firearms' even sporting UDI; rifles, and into terrorist Rhodesia incursions before 

started before 1964 

across the our borders 

end of r964 by terrorists based in 

Zambia, our former partner, 

partnerr. encouraged by the apparent 

military weakness of Rhodesia and the ill-concealed 

ilr-concear-ed 

hostility 

of the mother country. 

From this ,assertion that terrorist another false notion attacks has grown: 

"freedom fighters" 

whose whcrse are organisations 

due torrfreedom fightersfl 

were caused by the intransigence 

of the Rhodasian Rhodesian Government in not noi "Afritan 

rf 

coming to terms with 

rican nationalisrn". nationalismrr. I reiterate that these- attacks 

preceded and are not a result resu-r-t of UDI. uDI. They started for 

the same reason as Mocambique - 

to attacks force on Rhodesia Angola and Mlcambique 

ever-increasing to manpower spend ever_increasing on defensive money Portugal up exceeded measures. portugal and 

this eiceeded 40 percent gave lp when 

national South of her Africa nation.i has recently 

recentry income; and 

compelled her defence been budget compelred by to 39 increase 

percent. 

The next step was to condemn Rhodesia for "racialism" 

rfraciafismrt 

and, by the constant repetition of the term "race rrrace war", warr, 

to place the blame for the bloodshed terrorists broodshed who not 

are axe clearly on the 

aggressors, the aggressoxs, but -r;;t; 

Rhodesian Government and in particular particurar on the 

on't;; the white 

population who dare to resist this aggression. Again 

I must stress that this is not a race la""-ru=. war. How could it 

be, when nearly half n.r of our security forces, r",'*uni".irrJ* 

and almost 



o+ penro3E':l:;'i:rii'lT.lliil :=ul-l':ir::].;':l*r::l 

efforts. man's white the from man black the 

to accrued have which benefits these describe to used 

commonly terms the are 

Aluourtuo3 suJe+ eq+ eJtE rruorssardda;i 'oppressionU puE and "Genocide" 

rreFTJOUaSrl 

. 

population. 

uor+eTndod loeTq black the aq+ Aq by apeu made contribution uoT+nqrr+uor a,rEeau meage aq+ the o+ to 

uo-rlrodo,rd proportiDn TTe all Jo of +no out ernsEeJ+ treasure pup and +roJJe effort Jo of esuadxa expense 

up an +B at uotlelndod population snouabTpuT indigenous aq+ the o+ to progress sseJ6o;rd TBT3os social and pue 

TeTJe+eui material pue 'uorle3nps 

and education, 

. 

health, Lj+TeaL-l , 

prosperity, i{1r-radso,rd brought lqbnc,rq 

A6reua energy and puE esrl,redxe expertise sTL-l his qEno.rql through and puE , country, A,:1uno: aBenes savage 

pue and anrltur,rd primitive e a o+ to Jepro order puE and MeT law 

{ 

brought lqEnoaq war, rEM TeqTr+ tribal 

-.re+uT inter- o+ to pua end uE an +nd.ueui put man a+TqM white aq+ the esne3,aq because .Mou now, uorTfrul million 

96 

Al,reeu nearly o+ to 0GB 1890 t ur in 000,00p-00e 300-400,000 pe+eurr+sa estimated ue an from uorJ 

pasea,rJu'r increased have aneq sl3ETq blacks sLl+ the +eLl+ that +oeJ fact the ell+ for roJ uanrb given is sT 

'es,rnor course, Jo'+Tparo of credit, oN .ss+TqM 

No whites. 275,000 000,E1_Z +noqE about o+ to sl3eTq blacks 

million uorTTTrx 96 

+nCIqe about 6ureq being a,raq+ there contents; i s1ua1uo3 their JTeL1 + to o+ regard pre6e.r 

no ou q+TM with heads spEeq of Jo 6rT+uno3 counting eLl+ the uo on A1a1os solely based peseq policy 

This rule". majority "African as is sr Ac-r1od 

sTql 'reTnr AlrroIerLr ue3TJ]V,r sp to o+ perrele,r referred glibly Atqlf B 

sr is +eqM what to o+ power rerqod of Jo.reno over handing 6urpueq eq+ the by nq Brsspot-lU 

Rhodesia 

in ur peJnssp assured be aq only Aluo can up3 aJped peace ,6urwr-1JaI 

+eq+ that left-wing, frankly nTIUp.rJ 

ro or right-wing 6u-rin-1qErr ,{tpeDeTTe allegedly ,req+ellM . 

whether Governments, s+ueururen o! qsT+T.rg British 

enrssa33ns successive Jo of Ac-r1od TETJTJJo eq+ suoJaq seq +I It 

policy official the become has 

RULE llnU MAJORITY AIIU0TVt^l AFRICAN NVSIUIV OF _10 MYTH HIIN 3Hl THE 

races" uisa3Er the eq+ between uesM+eq war rEM peTTe3 called 

-os so- E a with L_l+TM that +pq+ reconcile eTT3uo33.r sTBuuf Ennals "rhJ Mr. does saop "How MoH,r 

'>1 

black. 3ETq eJe are them ulaLl+ of Jo Most +soN 

. 

incidents. s+uapT3uT mine euTut 

land- -pueT and puE atrocities saT+Tror+E murders, .s.rap.rnur 

the eq+ of Jo victims sulT+3T^ the eq+ 

at +E >i Look ool 'ir.lsTunuuof 

Communism. 

and used being are 

of JO forces seo.roJ the eq+ by Aq directed 

pa+3aJrp 

puE pesn fiu-raq a.rE who or.l M terrorists s+sT:rorJe+ and pue .a+Tr.lM 

white,, and puE 

black 

'suETSepoLlU 

)3ETq Rhodesians, decent +ue3ap ueeA+aq between sT is fight +q6TJ e4l. "The 

' 

happen. uaddeq to o+ this sT Ll+ 

lcadxa expect aM we do op nor rou now, . Mou Rhodesia ersapoLl H in ur war lem race aJE,r no ou is sT 

€,raq1 'aTqrsuodsa.rrr 

There irresponsible. utterly f1:a11n as se statement +ueule+e+s this sTr-.1+ 

condemn uuepuo3 . 

tribesmen, ueus.aqTr+ all TTp of Jo behalf JTeLleq on uo and puE Chiefs sJeTq: 

Of Ja Council TTOunoJ the aq+ of Jo representatives r+Eluasa:rdar the eq+ as se , 

"We, oA,, 

'ersepoqH 

Rhodesia. in ur up dn flared pereTJ war' r.rEM 'race a3er r a e if JT intervene 

auan ra+ur 

not +ou would pTnoM Britain urE+Trg that +eLl+ effect +3eJJe the 3q+ to o+ Ennals sTeuul 

'rl^l 

Mr. to o+ attributed pa+nqT.r++e statement +ueul€+p+s the aq+ to 0+ refer ra+ar "We eAil 

1976: r9L5l 

the of behalf on 23 tZ'qeJ Feb. on uo Chiefs sJaTLjf of Jo Council TrrunoJ 

3L{+ JO }Teqeq uo Nkeweni rueMa>lN K. 

.) Chief JeTLIJ Senator ro+euas and pue Chirau nerTqJ 

'S' 

JS, T Chief JoTLIJ Senator ro+pueE by Aq made epeu statement +uauta+E+s a e by Aq endorsed 

pasropue 

further raq+rnJ is sr This sTqj black a>i3ETq are ,acrlod 

police, our trno of Jo two-thirds 

sprTq+-orvr+ 

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In the tn. UaifV Daily Telegraph ftftgt.P| (Feb. 19) an article on 

Rhodesia nhodesffirvative written by conservative M.P. Mr. Winston ln/inston 5. 

Churchill stated (inter alia): 

"Every ItEvery pressure pxessuxe should be brought to bear on Mr. Mr' 

Smith and the Rhodesian Government Gover'nment to reach 

an 

early settlement with Mr. Nkomo which, more than 

anything else, e1se, would facilitate a strong strcrng stand 

fry b,y i,/estern Western Governments against Sotiiet Soviet aggression." 

aggression.rl 

This cliche does not become any truer by being repeated 

by nearly every political commentator in the 

United Kingdom and end elsewhere; nor has any Western Vdestern 

Government made any strong stand against Soviet 

aggression. 

Mr. Smith is the legal1y legallyelected elected head of government 

under the existing franchise. Mr. Nkomo is the leader 

of the ZAPU 1APU faction of the African National Council council 

which draws its support mainly from the Matabele who 

are about one-sixth of the black population. popufation. ZANU zANU is 

.Ied led by Bishop Niuzorewa Muzorewa and is responsible for most of 

the terrorist attacks on CI.n Rhodesia. 

. Neither er commands 

eommands 

more than a relatively small support from their 

respective tribal- groupings. 

glroupings. Both are communistinfluenced, 

ZANU drawing its main support from and 

leaning l-eaning towards Maoist, ZAPU zAPU towards Marxist, ideology. 

An accommodation with Mr. Nkomo would lead, not towards 

African majority rule, rul-e, but towards minority mf_nsgily rule 

by F.rr a : minority nnri lrr tribal j h-'l group. nrnrrn, Moreover, Mof eovef , Bishop BiShOp Muzorewa 

Muzof eWa 

uy d lllJllurruy urruqr YruuP. "uruuve&t 

and ZANU have already made it clear c.l-ear that they will not 

recognise 

any agreement reached by Mr. Smith and Mr' Mr. 

Nkomo. Nkomo" Handing over clve]r to an Nkomo-led Nkomo-1ed party would lead 

not only to intensified inter-tribal warfare, such as 

occurred in Angola, but would play straight into the 

hands of the communists. 

ALLEGIANCE ALLTCIANDE 

TO THE CHIEFS 

Nor does it 

appear to be the wish of the black 

people themselves that they should be handed over to called African majority rule. rul-e. African society in both 

socafled 

urbanand urban'and rural areas revolves around the Ehiefo. chiefs" They 

continue to receive ieceive the allegiance due to hereditary 

leaders and live ]ive among their people in the areas allocated 

to each tribal- group, as well wel-l- as making frequent 


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Africa. of savagery 

matter. the of core Here 

not the touch 

+ou is sT sTqI ',re++su 

This 

3q+ JO aro3 eq+ q3no+ we eM a'reH 

. pJT,:JV g.o AreEenes +ue+eT latent the 3q+ q'rnJ o + Aress83eu uesq 

lifting 

always sAemle has seq Ll3T which qM u9r+ersPour 

moderatidn civilised PesTT-!^Tr that +:ti1 of 

cause; 1: iT1{:l 

eq+ 61c,r1uoc defined 

the control, white e+TqM Jo of TBn removal oular the eq+ | esne3 peuTJsP 

A1ree13 has horror this of acceleration The 

clearly one auo sEq Jo'rroq sT q+ io uo.I+P'r'sTe33e 3ql 

Rhodesia. ersaPoL{ U in l-tr parts s+'red 

-ra+uno3 they 

counter- their rTeq+ have enEq'sa"rqledT+uE antipathies, tribal TPqTJ+ on uo are eJe AeLl+ 

se as 'suot+3PJ 

based Peseq 

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populations civilian the 

their of corpses factions, aseql 'spuPl 

These lands. once-prosperous 

sno'radso'rd-a:uo 

rTeq+ Jo sesdro3 the aq+ for roJ suorlelndod ueTTTnr3 aq+ 

pue - 

other each fight movements nationalist called 

and req+o q3Pe +qfiT+ s+uaulsnou +sTTeuor+eu 

paTTEJ 

-os so- African uE3TrJV 

have care +sTTqM whilst thousand, 'puesnoq+ hundred Parpunq the aLl+ by Aq emigrated 

paler6ture 

aneLJ aJP3 humane eueunq and puE skills sTT-!ls their rTeq+ with q+TM men uaui white a+TLlIv\ 

puP lands; these stalk 

and TTT+spue+s standstill e a at +E is sr business 

sseursnq lspuel aseq+ >lTe+s 

JoJJe+ terror and puE auTuPJ famine ruin; !urnr to o+ 

countries prosperous reduced ps3npsJ been uaaq aneu once have Niocambique 

enDrquef,ot{ 

pue The abdicated. 

and Angola e1o0uy Jo of sarr+unoJ sno'radso,rd esuo 3ql 'pe+esTpqe 

irresponsibly or wantonly be cannot Rhodesians white by 

ATqTsuodsatr,rr tro Aluo+uem eq +ouue3 suersepoqH altqm Aq 

" 'obe 

ago years sreaA 85 E B assumed paunsse responsibility A+lttqtsuodsa;r of J'o burden uap:rnq The eqI 

communism. 

'lllsTUnuulo3 international TEuor+eura+uT of +o servitude 

ePn+]rn res 

endless ssaTPue eq+ the o+ to white a+TqM pue and black condemning are 

13PTq 6utuuepu03 erE 

, lift to failing by 

defence, acua,ap their rTeq+ and pue our Ino in ur-rebuT} finger a P +JTT o+ 6u111e3- Aq 

, those but down, him letting 

who, or{M e3T.reuV America puE and Europe ado,rn3 

not is It 

is who African South or }o of asor.l+ 

'ut'rtop 

+nq 

tuTq 6ut11a1 

Rhodesian white the 

. sT otlM uE3TIJV q+nos Io uETsapoqu e+TqM eq+ +ou sT +I 

.uMop look they all, Above 

down. him rlTri let +aT o+ to iou not qTq him o+ to >looT A"q+ 

'TTp eôqv 

'sest;rdre+ue 

enterprises. 

than more joint +uTo ! their ;tTeq+ of Jo profits s1'r;iord 3q+ the of Jo share areLls 

ITEJ and fairness for him to look They 

fair e a ueq+ erou pue sseurreJ ro+ rxTq o+ >looT Aaqt 

'uor+3e+ord advancement, economic 

protection. 

to look They welfare. their for 

for man Pue and uoT+e3npe'q+TE3q'1ueua3uElnpe education health, 

3Tulouose 

roJ uEul a+TqM white eq+ the o+ >1ooT A"ql 'ereJTeM 

"T^"!+ ::} 

man uEu e+TqM look wh.o and peace, in tasks ordinary 

white aL{+ the to o+ 10oT o'qM pue 'acead uT slsel Areutp'ro 

rTeLl+'+noqE daily who Africans simple quiet, of 

their about go ob ATTep CIqM suesTJJV eldtuts 

'+ernD 

J'o 

suorTTTtu silence the in lost is gatherings ANC 

millions aq+ the Jo of erueTTs aq+ ur +soT sr sbut'raq+e6 3NV 

thousands of clamour The 

+e at supporters s.ra1,:oddns vociferous snoJelrson of Jo spuEsnoq + Jo JnouleT3 aLl I 

'Aqc.reue 

anarchy. o+ to luau:u'rano6 government good Poo6 

profit own their for 

of Jo surrender repuarrns aq+ the Jo of +uen event e the aq+ in ur 1t;iord umo rreq+ Jo'+ 

hope 

country Arlunoc the eLl+ milk >lTrul and puE ramod power Jo of s+ess seats the ar-l+ ur in sit +T: r,3+-"1:q 

to 

who oriM 'eTs+uebt11a1uT intelligentsia, lseTq black emergent 1ue0'rau:a PeTTPs-os so-called the aq+ and Pue 

.salenpe,rb graduates, and Pue s+uePn+s students Alts'rantun'sa1e3T+srqdos-Tues 

university semi-sophisticates, 

ueqrn urban of product the essentially are parties political 

Jo lcnpo,rd'aq1 ATT=T+ucssa ere satleed 1ec'r1t1od 

Assembly. of House lower the in and 

l3eTq black eq1 'Alqrlassy 

The 

Jo asnoH ra^4oT aq+ ur pue 

e+eues the Cabinet, Rhodesian the in place their 

Senate aq+ ur 'lautqe3 

in 

uersepoqg aq+ ur e;:e1d rTaq+ 

given uen rts uaeq been 411n;1q6t'r rightfully an have eq Chiefs sleTllf the 3q+ that +Eq+ sTtl+ this of Jo 

esne3aq townships. African urban the to 

because sr 'sdTqsumo+ 

is +I 

uesTrlv ueqrn eq+ o+ visits s+TsTn 

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a military objective, and there is none discernible 

here. The objective is terroristic, the victims are 

civilians crvilians and more black than white; and the destruction 

of homes, farms and other amenities affects the 

blacks as much, if not more than, the whites. 

As I write, this Whitsunday, when we celebrate the 

descent of the Holy Ghost to bring wisdom and&-rnderstanding 

to all mankind, two white mine workers have 

been brutally murdered in the Mtoko region for no 

reason at all al-l except that they were in an isolated isol-ated area 

where murder can be done with wi.th less risk of retribution, 

retribution. 

As a result, the mine has been closed down, down' eighty 

Africans have lost their employment and the country 

has been deprived of the revenue from the exportation 

of the mine's minets 

products. 

andunder- 

There is not one country of Africa which can cah legitimately 

claim that it is in any way better off under 

black rule than it was under white rule. rul-e. 

There is absolutely no valid treason why Rhodesians 

should consider for a moment, not only handing over 

to black bl-ack rule, rufe, but bUt any sharing of power with those who 

have never in their entire history had the slightest 

regard for the sanctity of human (or animal) life; 

who have never understood 

the meaning of power-sharing; 

who look upon reasonableness as weakness, weaknesg' concessions 

as surrender, and who have historically celebrated 

victory with orgies of slaughter, rape and pillage upon 

the persons, womenfolk womenfoJ-k and possessions of those who 

have been so unfortunate as to fall into their 

pitiless 

hands. 

This is the fate that those who recommend surrender 

surrendel 

to "African rtAfrican majority nile" rdl-eil intend for f the inhabitants - 

black, bl-ack, white, Asian and Coloured - of' o'nce-prosperous 

once-prosperous 

and progressive 

countries. 

COMMUNIST 

AGGRESSION 

AGGRESSiON 

I trust it is clear from this brief survey that the 

so-called so-ca1led "race itrace war" wartf is nothing but coflimunist-inspired 

cofimunist-inspired 

aggression against my country and its inhabitants. 

There is overwhelming evidence available avail-able (which I need 

not detail here) that tnat the terrorist organisations 



civilised pesTTT^T3 whole eToqM the aq+ +sure6e against but +nq Rhodesia PrsePOqH against +surB6P only Aluo 

. not +ou aggression ,lotssa:r66e communist +sTunuulo3 of Jo realities sG.f+-i"tE3r the aq+ about +noqE 

eraqmasTa elsewhere and PuP Rhodesia ersePoqU of JD people aldoad the er{+ educate e+e3nPe 

o+ 'peunsse 

to assumed, f10ut11tnn 

willingly League, 

'an6eal 

Candour rnoPUP3 of Jo >lsE+ task 

the Over 

the aq+ Lieeq been has sPL{ it +T so os or 'ro' years sreaA dozen uazop last +seT'eq+ rsng 

'Psu0Pueqe 

abandoned. Af+q6lf 

responsibility awesome lightly 

be eq cannot +ouue3 and pue ours srno is sr A+ltlqtsuodser euloseMe This sTql 

future. 

'ern+nJ forseeable eTqeeesroJ all TTP roJ for ps+rsne averted be eq can ue3 starvation 

uor+enre+s 

currency. 

Jo of threat +eerq+ sTr-.1+ this hands, sPUeq aTqTsuodse'r responsible In uI 'Acua'r'ric 

eTqeTlo6au negotiable only AlUo the aq+ aulocaq become will TTTM food Poo} when uaqM come euro3 will TTTM 

time euT+ eLl+ the and PuE tsuotlltu: millions; JO of lot +oT the €q+ be eq will TTTM starvation 

uor+en'rP+s 

annum. per percent 5 

widespread 

peardsePTM I continues, senu'r+uo3 sTq+ 'unuuE 

this If + I 

{sd +ueJJad E 

by Iq peurT3aP declined has sPq uoT+cnpo;rd production 

the over agricultural Te'rn+Tn3t'rbe while aTTL{M years, 'sleer{ 

annum per percent 3+ about by 

thirty A+rTq+ last +seT aL{+ reno unuue,rad 1uac1a{ 

*::1:^"Oo 

it 

pesPe.r3uT increased steadily 

ATrpea+s sEq has population uorlelndod black >l3PTq the eq+ whole eloqM a e 

se as esTrlv Africa uI 

'e,IEqPS 

In Sahara. eq+ the of Jo Ll+nos south e3TrJv Africa all TTB PesJ feed 

could pTno3 Africa POTTJV uraq+nos southern of Jo output +nd+no agricultural Tern+Tn:t;6e The aqI 

usual. Tensn than ueq+ more eroul even uen e 

behind puTLleq but11e;- falling is sT uo'rlcnpo:d production 

Soviet in and England; of area China EuT!f Red psU and pue Russia ETssnU 

+ernos uT pue tpue16u3 Jo eaJP wheat-growing 6utmo16-+eaqM eq+ the 

.erTbuV 

drought U.S.A.; the in forecast 

Anglia, East 4sej +Tq hit has sEq lqbno.rP :'V'S'n Pq+ ur +sE3aroJsr 

is +nd+no output in uT aurToep decline percent luaclad 26 gZ E contrast, 3+sEr+uo3 By Ag 

a 

wheat. +PaL{fv\ in uT sufficient 

+ueTsTJJns 

-;Tes self- be aq shall TTeL{s aM we +Eq+ that pa+stperd predicted is sT it +T year rea{ this 

requirements; our 

:Iq+ 

percent 50 nearly 

were farmers our of 

Rhodesia. 

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no UDI of year in grown supplying 

and puE : s+uaulertnU." rno Jo 1ua:':ed gg A1leau 6utAlddns 

ereM sreu.rEJ. rno wheat 

the 1965 In 

virtually was 1970 OL6L By Ag 'ersspoqU uT t-illorB leaqn 

ou ATTen+rTn sem there e.req+ Ign 3-o 'ieaA sq+ 

'A,raners slavery. into o+uT 

a with cupidity their cloak 

for concern to intend they whom man freedom tiroPaer3: ulorJ from "liberate" 

""1:1tQTT* 

o+ pue+ur A"q+ uoqM uBri >i3PTq,,pessaeddott black "oppressed" aq+ the 

roJ ure3uo3 TPoT+r.:rodAq hypocritical e q +Tm A1'rp'rdnc rTsLi+ J::Tt 

serueue importance. strategic of as 

enemies Our rn0 " acuel':odtut ct6a1e':1s .+o sE classified 

PeTJTSSBT3 

ere are which of minerals 38 mines Rhodesia instance, 

e 13 t qf,TqM J-o sTe,rsurtil Be seurul ersapoLl 'a3uE+sur 

u 

ro3 'aoro; 

For force. f by q take e>1e1 to o+ intend Pua+uT pue and +uerv\ want saruelue enemies 

our rno what abundance in have We resources. 

+EqM a3uePunqE ur €nEq air4 'se3rn'oser Tern+eu natural 

of treasure-houses 

are Africa South and Rhodesia 

Jo 

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sesnoq-ernsear+ aJe e3T'rJ'V q+no5 puE ersePoqu 

satellites. 

" se+rTTe+es 

European ueadoln3 ure+sef Eastern her Jeq puE and Russia erssnH Soviet +etAnq J-o of ssoq+ those 

Aq by replaced pacelda.: uaaq been an have Eq A"q+ they recently 

AT+ueoer I origin; u'r6-r:n Chinese €saurqJ 

peU Red Jo of Allueuturoperd predominantly be sq o+ to pasn used terrorists 

s+TroJsG+ ulor+ from 

parnldec captured sulrv Arms money. 'Aeuoul +sTunuuos Communist nq by financed ps3ueurJ Pu:,PsT ledand 

.peule 'Paurer+ 'pasTue6;ro 

trained, organised, are Rhodesia against operating 

armed, 

.are 

ersapo!lU +su-re6e 0ut1e'rado 

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world, wortd. There are the fainthearted who wring their 

hands and exclaim: exclaim; "But ItBut what can a 1i±tl l-ittl.{ country rnuntry 

of a bare 65 millions do in the face of the might nright of 

international- communism" 

cbmmunismil We tde reply: reply; E5em:*-JEL 

Examine what 

this little country has airead alqeedJ-4AT-g-.. done.. It has not 

only o-1y survived ten years of cf sanctions: it has 

' 

prospered 

prolpered - for the benefit of all its peoples of 

whatever colour or creed. Indeed, the economic econornic and 

social socia.l- progress of the indigenous population has 

probably been greater than anywhere else efse in Africa. 

In spite of the continuous and considerable strain 

of terrorist attacks and a flood of hostile 

propaganda winged on the air'from from neighbouring 

countries, race relations refations remain excellent, as is 

attested by almost every foreign visitor to Rhodesia. 

In in particular the loyalty lo5lalty of the Chiefs to the 

Government has been and remains unshaken. 

unshaken" Contrary 

to all al-l- the expectations of the vultures vul-tures gathered for 

the feast, f Rhodesia remains alive a.live and kicking. 

A CLOUD CL0UD OF 0f WITNESSES 

!i/ITNESStS 

From Thermopylae (480 B.C.) to Malta (A.fl (n.n. 1565), 1555), 

from Horatius at the bridge to little Belgium Eelgium in 1914, 

it has often fallen to a small sma.l-l community or people 

to give a moral moraf lead to its larger and more 

powerful neighbours. In each case the war was not 

ended by the small smal-l country's countryrs stand; in each case 

the value vafue of its it.s sacrifice ice was h,as measured by 

subsequent events; eventsl in each case valuable breathing 

space was gained for other parties to rally to 

the cause and to complete the task so boldly 

initiated 

by faith. 

We Vr/e 

in Rhodesia have a very strong sense of 

national purpose. We lrle feel feef we have been singled 

out by Providence to be the stumbling-block stumbling-bl-cck in 

the path of communist aggression. There is yet 

time for the Western Viles-tern powers to put.Rhodesiars 

Rhodesia's 

stand in its historical perspective; but they are 

leaving it dangerously late. l-ate. So long as the 

Western Idestern powers concern themselves solely soleIy with 

trading interests and their own material benefits, 

benefitso 

so long will wil-l they fail f to appreciate the spiritual 

spi-ritual 

connotations of Rhodesia's Rhodesiats obduracy. To the 


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faith." tr 'q+TEJ 

trno our Jo of reqsTuTJ finisher and pue author roq+nE 

that race the eL{+ Jesus snseT.o+un unto 6ut1oo1 looking 

the patience with run us 

us, .sn eJoleq before +as set is sT +Eq+ e3er eq+ acuatled LI+TM unf, sn 

let +aT pue'sn and us, +esaq beset easily {1tsea os so doth q+op q3Tt{M which uTs sin the eq+ 

and puE weight lqbtam l{:rana every eprsE aside ,{eT la,i us sn let +aT r witnesses, 

sassau+TM 

Jo of pnoT3 cloud E a great +earB so os t-l with +TM about +noqe compassed passPdulo3 ere are 

also osTe'eM we 6uteas seeing "Wherefore 

€roJareHAH :a+orM wrote: Paul TnPd 5t. "+5 As sV 

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be. ma,' Aeu pua end +Eq+ that whatever 

rene+eL{M-- end pua the sq+ to o+ 

+q6TJ fight €q+ the enur+uo3 continue o+ to enTosar resolve our Jno of 3'o bulualean weakening an,' Aue 

enlarge upon, us, upon 

+ro+srp distort pue and a6,re1ue 6 uodn ez€Ts 

are world the of eyes sieze to o+ readj ltpea'r ' sn uodn 

€re pTrom =q+ Jo saAa the eq+ +eL{+ that snoTesuo3 conscious are etrE eA We 

'P 

America. 3TJaLtiv and puE 

ado,rn3. Europe u1 in papou+no outmoded sE as pap,:e6ac regarded arP are q3Tqr\ii which values sanTen 

o+ to 6utbutlc clinging ATe+euT+sqo'lueuual obstinatel' remnant, l{:euo-r+3PeJ 

reactionar,i 

puE and obsolete 3+eTOsqo uE an eJ€ are Rhodesians suETsapoLl g world, d p1'rom Western urs+saA 

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