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Peace Without Poison

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Governor Thomas Douglas Vickers (1961-1966), acting on behalf of His Majesty’s governmentwhen Mauritius was still a British colony, imposed covert depopulation measures on the peopleof Mauritius starting in 1963. As a result, Mauritius’ crude birth rate decreased from 40 to 32births per 1000 people, a 20% decrease in just five years and without any contraceptiveswhatsoever.The depopulation program was continued by every Governor General starting with Sir ArthurLeonard Williams in 1968 until Mauritius stopped being a Commonwealth state in 1992, thusuntil the governorship of Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo (1986-1992). During these 24 years ofBritish control the crude birth rate decreased from 32 to 21 births per 1000 people, a 34%decrease fully accomplished by 1983, by which time Mauritius’s contraceptive prevalence ratehad climbed to 60%.515 | P a g e

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