LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Rhodesia accepts proposals for black majority rule

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1976

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Duration

00:20:46

Description

Broadcast to the nation by Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith following talks in Pretoria with American Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger and the South African Prime Minister John Vorster. Smith announces the Cabinet has decided to accept, subject to the lifting of sanctions and the cessation of terrorism, proposals for a constitution based on black majority rule and for the setting up of an interim government.

Contributors

Ian Smith

Keywords

Ethnic conflicts; Political systems; Economic sanctions; Political reform; Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Guerilla warfare; Black African peoples; Guerilla activities; Democratization

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