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...Rhodesian Story...
...Rhodesian studying in the U.S. I do not see everything through TIME's eyes, but I think that your cover story on Rhodesia [Nov. 5] attempted to present both sides. The white man wants to stay in Africa, but he fears the capacity of his black brothers to maintain law and order. As this fear has sometimes been justified, it is little wonder that the Rhodesian government has no immediate plans for "one man, one vote...
...white Rhodesian who supports neither the Rhodesian Front nor U.D.I., I believe it blatantly false to say "Rhodesians are determined that the blacks will never rule." Every political party has envisaged a black majority in Parliament in ten to 20 years, but government must be civilized; Rhodesia wants no immature, ignorant rule leading to dictatorship and bankruptcy. Rhodesia's policy is the raising of the masses to responsible rule through the government of an increasingly capable minority, both black and white...
...constituted African government to be upheld in its place at this time. It is not the government that is illegal but its rebellion. The defiance of the British prohibition of a unilateral declaration of independence must not be met with indifference or resignation. Prime Minister Harold Wilson warned the Rhodesian leaders that their challenge would not go unanswered. A war in which British soldiers would be called up to kill their Rhodesian "cousins" would not be universally applauded in England. Nevertheless, Wilson has not ruled out the possibility of ultimate military intervention. Such a course would be justified only...
...must question the process of decision-making in the SDS; it is difficult to believe that the opinions of its members were considered at all before the Rhodesian summons was issued. Such irresponsible behavior can only confirm the estimate of the SDS held by its critics. The position on Rhodesia is in sharpest contrast to the impressively knowledgeable campaign of protest and persuasion being waged over the war in Vietnam. Those of us who might join the SDS if only to disprove the hypothesis that the smallness of its membership implies a lack of support for its Vietnam policy must...