Major Pieter V.G. 'Piet' van der Byl, Cape Town, Oct 1960-May 1963

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Includes:

South African politics (past and present), internal affairs, and republican referendum
the European Economic Community
the Commonwealth
the Southern Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) referendum campaign and unpopularity of Whitehead
Portuguese problems in Angola
Verwoerd's purging of opposition within his own party
Katanga
the power of a Prime Minister
Northern Rhodesian (Zambian) constitutional disputes
American and United Nations' policies in Africa
South African general election campaign (1961); party policies
propaganda and the media
Bantustans
South Africa's departure from the Commonwealth
the winds of change
South West Africa (Namibia)
Portugal, the USA, and Goa
destruction of the Federation
electoral prospects of the Conservative Party
end of empire
bitterness towards Britain encouraging extremism in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).

Dates

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MSS. Welensky Papers 677/8

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