Word: africa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WAIT A MINIM! Light of hand, light of heart and light of foot, this musical revue from South Africa is keenly aware of and distinctly amused by more magnetic centers of civilization...
...Rhodesia by a 187-mile pipeline. For weeks British warships had discouraged tankers from putting into Beira. Undaunted, one of Raphaely's ships, flying a Greek flag, quietly loaded 18,000 tons of crude in the Iranian port of Bandar Mashur and steamed around the northern coast of Africa to Dakar, where it changed its name to Ioanna V and hoisted a Panamanian flag. Outside Beira, the British frigate Plymouth warned the tanker to keep on going, and the Greek government, which had banned all oil shipments to Rhodesia, lifted the captain's papers, claiming that...
...crisis--especially in dealing with Security Council President Moussa L. Keita of Mali when he inexcusably delayed the meeting. But it should be prepared to take broader measures if the existing sanctions do not bring Smith to his knees. Thirty thousand gallons of oil have flowed daily from South Africa during the past two months, and there is good reason to question the effectiveness of the sanctions in other areas as well...
...British are understandably reluctant to take military action against a former colony. Government officials argue that the oil from South Africa equals only about half the Rhodesian national consumption--enough to stretch out existing stocks for only two months. And there is growing evidence that the economy is running down. At present, Rhodesia is earning foreign exchange at an annual rate of 70 million pounds, as compared with 1964 earnings of 143 million...
...Smith brings the bluff off past June, the British should seek a mandate from the UN to escalate the sanctions. One possible means would be to extend the sanctions to include areas now aiding the Smith regime--South Africa, Portuguese Mozamzique, and Angola. The British might also attempt to seal off the borders by military intervention...