Rhodesia: equal rights indefinitely postponed

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Title:	Rhodesia: equal rights indefinitely postponed
Author:	Read, J.S.
Year:	1972
Periodical:	Race Today
Volume:	4
Issue:	2
Pages:	52-54
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	Zimbabwe Great Britain
Subjects:	international agreements racism
Abstract:	Although the White Paper 'Rhodesia: Proposals for a Settlement' embodying the terms agreed by the United Kingdom and Rhodesian Governments during the 1971 negotiations, purports to offer a solution to the difficult race relations issue, the attempt to reconcile the 'five principles' (Unimpeded progress to majority rule; Guarantees against retrogressive amendment of the Constitution; Immediate improvement in the political status of the African population; Progress towards ending racial discrimination, The British Government would need to be satisfied that any basis proposed for independence was acceptable to the people of Rhodesia as a whole) with the realities of power, results in some remarkable provisions and interpretations. According to the author the 'Proposals for a Settlement' amount to a blunt abandonment of a British responsibility and a blow to the state of race relations in Africa. Notes.