Document notes that the white-settler government is threatening to unilaterally declare independence from Britain and urges immediate action by American students. The document includes background information on Rhodesia including the Land Apportionment Act, the Land Husbandry Act, the Law and Order Maintenance Act, the deportation of several prominent Christians who spoke out in support of African enfranchisement and government, spending on the police and military, and controlling African chiefs with payments. The leaflet urges people to write Rhodesian Christians supporting them in their resistance to a unilateral declaration of independence. The leaflet also urges people to write to the U.S....
Document notes that the white-settler government is threatening to unilaterally declare independence from Britain and urges immediate action by American students. The document includes background information on Rhodesia including the Land Apportionment Act, the Land Husbandry Act, the Law and Order Maintenance Act, the deportation of several prominent Christians who spoke out in support of African enfranchisement and government, spending on the police and military, and controlling African chiefs with payments. The leaflet urges people to write Rhodesian Christians supporting them in their resistance to a unilateral declaration of independence. The leaflet also urges people to write to the U.S. President urging him to use American influence to prevent further deterioration in Rhodesia and to grant recognition to any African government in exile should it be declared. (Note: A draft of this document was dated October 15, 1965.)
