Word: africanization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Williams' fellow panelists on the Law School Forum challenged his view that such a policy could produce any change in South Africa. H. E. Bwrudi Nabwera, Kenyan Ambassador to the U.N., said most African nations had concluded that "the only way out is some kind or armed conflict." He said the issue was simply "whether the present situation will continue and black Africans will live under servitude, or whether this is wrong and we will do something about changing...
Williams stressed repeatedly that the U.S. did not approve of policies that would cause violence in South Africa. When asked if the government would aid other African nations if they attacked South Africa he said the answer would depend on "many different factors." Even in the event of a U.N. resolution urging aid "we might or might not," he stated...
...quite sure how many people have been killed in the small, overpopulated African republic of Rwanada since the beginning of the year. But it is clear that some kind of slaughter is taking place; one report estimates the toll at a thousand daily. Almost all the victims are members of the Tutsi (or Watusi) tribe, usually remembered for their great height--many Tutsi are seven feet tall. The people slaughtering the Tutsi are the Hutu, who make up 85% of Rwanda's population...
There appears to be no way to stop the slaughter. Despite extensive contrary evidence, the Rwanda government denies that the Tutsi are being massacred. A five-man UN mission investigated Tutsi raids, but was unable to discover much; presumably, the Parmehutu officials in Rwanda were uncooperative. Assemblies of African states, preoccupied with military revolts in Uganda and Tanganyika, have been reluctant to intervene...
...Mennon Williams, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, will deliver a major policy address to the Law School Forum at 8:30 p.m. tonight in the Rindge Tech auditorium...