Rhodesia Flashcards
why did Macmillian chose Cape Town as the place to make his ‘winds of change’ speech?
-his target was the white minority regimes who thought they could resist reform= rather than the colonial peoples who wanted independence
-but white minority regimes were not persuaded
in southern Africa, Macmillian’s ‘wind of change’ speech was seen as?
a challenge and a threat
what happened to South Africa in 1961?
it had left the Commonwealth and moved further and faster towards apartheid
in 1963 what happened to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland?
it broke up into its three separate entitities
what happened in 1964?
Northern Rhodesia became the new independent state of Zambia
-Nyasaland became independent Malawi
what did Southern Rhodesia hope for?
-hoped for independence at the same time
Whilst Southern Rhodesia hoped for independence
Britain made it clear that this couldn’t happen until majority rule replaced the political domination by the white population
when Ian Smith became prime minister what happened?
a political row blew up
in 1965 what did Ian smith issue?
issued a unilateral declaration of independence for Rhodesia without accepting majority rule
Smith was absolutely committed to?
perpetuating white rule
Smith’s action was?
a direct challenge to the labour government
what did Wilson hope in response to Smith’s actions?
Wilson hoped he could reach a solution in weeks rather than months, either through oil sanctions or by a negotiated solution
Wilson met Smith for face-to-face talks on?
board HMS Tiger Girbraltar in December 1966
-meeting seemed to make progress= but Smith disavowed everything he had said as soon as he got back home
what continued throughout 1967?
Wilson’s frustrations
-oil sanctions did not have much effect
south africa continued to?
trade with Rhodesia
