Orders of the Day — Southern Rhodesia

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 November 1967.

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Photo of Mr Andrew Faulds Mr Andrew Faulds , Smethwick 12:00, 8 November 1967

The hon. Member for Haltemprice (Mr. Wall) keeps suggesting that somehow or other he has special interests in and knowledge of Southern Rhodesia that give him the right to say that the Africans there are behind Mr. Smith. I probably know Southern Rhodesia rather better than he does. How can he possibly sustain that argument when he goes out to Southern Rhodesia on conducted tours run by Mr. Smith's Government and only meets Africans whom Mr. Smith wants him to meet? I have met many more Africans who are totally opposed to Mr. Smith's Government. These are the men—