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...year ago Americans who were ignorant about Rhodesian problems would say to me: "I hate to admit it, but I really don't know where Rhodesia is." Because of the present crisis there is now much more interest in and knowledge of the Rhodesian problem, yet there are still some American misconceptions about Rhodesia...
Many base their thinking about Rhodesia on their own experience with American Negroes. However there's a big difference between the American Negro and his Rhodesian cousin. First, America is the wealthiest nation in the world. Consequently the American Negro is better off than his African counterpart both educationally and financially. Second, the American Negro speaks English, while Rhodesian Africans learn English only as a second language. A language barrier makes the integration of the two races more difficult...
...nine, while the ratio of Africans to Europeans in Rhodesia is 18 to 1. Such a high ratio of Africans to Europeans makes integration difficult for two reasons. Geographically, many of the Africans are liable to live far from the relatively few white population centers. Psychologically, Rhodesian whites in such a small minority are more afraid than are American whites of what integration would do to their standards and interests...
Customers Lost. Aware of this, Britain hopes to topple Rhodesia's Ian Smith with a sophisticated attack on the Rhodesian pound. The pound has been ordered to a kind of Commonwealth Coventry: Rhodesia's $60 million sterling account with the Bank of England has not been frozen, but new exchange controls prevent British businessmen from accepting Rhodesian pounds and force them to channel payments to Rhodesia into special accounts held up at the bank. The London capital market, on which Rhodesia's 2,700 tobacco farmers depend, has been barred to them. A nation whose economy...
Rhodesia is already feeling the first effects of the economic siege. To compensate for the import duties that it will lose, the government last week sharply raised taxes on domestic beer, whisky and tobacco. South African banks, on which the Rhodesians had counted as allies, temporarily stopped trading in Rhodesian pounds because of the uncertainty. The United Nations, which has never imposed economic sanctions on any nation last week recommended an oil embargo on Rhodesia and the U.S. announced it will not accept Rhodesian sugar...