Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Next month marks the anniversary of Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith's unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain. During each of the last eleven months, a settlement to the crisis often seemed just around the corner. But British delaying tactics and half-hearted measures have kept the final outcome as uncertain today as it was a year...
Faced with these alternatives, the British first reconsidered their policy and then put off executing it, as Prime Minister Wilson parried criticism from all sides. He even altered the Labour Government's policy dramatically, in hopes of bringing about some sort of settlement. Britain now stands by "Six Principles" which assure "unimpeded progress toward majority rule." The principles allow for an interim independent whit government, with strict constitutional guarantees for increased African participation and eventual take-over...
Smith has shown sufficient interest during the past week to spark speculation about terms of a settlement -- at least in many African capitals. There are rumors that the former governor, Sir Humphrey Gibbs, might reopen his office as a symbolic gesture. The nation might then be granted independence and be given 50 years to make the transition to majority rule. The rumors of such an arrangement have of course angered a number of African leaders...
...convince the North Vietnamese and other communist states that bringing about a negotiated settlement is the primary goal of the United States...
...policy, then, must not be conceived as one sweeping change, but a series of consistent steps designed to persuade both the American people and the North Vietnamese of a fundamental shift in emphasis. The first step is to put new men, whose fundamental aim is achieving a negotiated settlement, into important positions. Part of America's current ambivalence can be traced to the ambivalence of the men in policy-making posts; naturally, their pledges for peace are unconvincing. The President, having missed a number of recent opportunities to make constructive changes, must now use the path of White House appointments...