The only way Rhodesia could be crushed would be by force, he said. But “Everything in the path of an advancing army would be destroyed – all amenities and installations,” he added. “If Harold Wilson were to prevail in this country he would take over a smoking ruin and a desert. Journalists bewildered by Rhodesia black list: archive, 6 April 1966 Read moreThere was no chance of compromise, he added. “There can be no possible alternative to the maintenance of our present independent status other than African nationalist majority rule absolutely and immediately,” he said.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2017 05:00 UTC