Word: rhodesia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rhodesia has been equally ineffective in keeping oil from its black northern neighbor, Zambia, which until December had been totally dependent on Rhodesian Railways to haul its petroleum supplies from Mozambique ports...
There is only one certainty about economic blockades: they bring out blockade busters. Britain's embargo on oil to Rhodesia is a case in point: it simply does not work. The reason, Britain charged last week, is that South Africa, despite strong British protests, is shuttling enough fuel into Rhodesia to keep the country running indefinitely. Rhodesians know how frustrated Britain feels...
...Journal succeeds, however, in its breadth of scope. The authors, who come from a wide variety of backgrounds and educational experiences, have written on topics ranging from Los Angeles to Rhodesia, from suicide to the symbolic meaning of a well-kept lawn, from a study of Negroes' reactions to Harvard to the origins of Pan-Africanism. Although a few of the articles are scholarly, the aim of the Journal does not seem to be erudition; it is a platform for under-represented opinions and theories...
Those less willing to trust the rebels demand direct British rule by an Executive Council made up of British colonial civil servants. They assert that independence for Rhodesia is unthinkable before majority rule is established. Rhodesia should remain a colony until control by the Africans is a fact and not a promise...
...negotiate with Prime Minister Smith, and must urge his policy upon the rebels. Any settlement with Britain will have to include acceptance by the Rhodesians of majority rule. The increasing effectiveness of the economic sanctions, together with Wilson's proposal of a royal Governor's council to lead Rhodesia to independence, should tempt the Rhodesians to end their rebellion...