Let me say it again, I don’t believe in black majority rule ever in Rhodesia. Not in a thousand years.
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Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it.
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| Birth: | 8th April, 1919 |
| Death: | 20th November, 2007 |
| Nationality: | Rhodesian |
| Profession: | Politician |
About
Ian Douglas Smith was a politician, farmer and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979. His country's first native-born premier, he led the mostly white minority government that unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1965, following prolonged dispute over the terms.
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