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	List of state leaders in 1970
		\n* Canada \nMonarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada ( 1962 -present)\nGovernor General - Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada ( 1967 - 1974)\n*Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada ( 1968 - 1979)\n United States - Richard Nixon, President of the United States ( 1969- 1974)
		\n* Australia \nMonarch - Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth ( 1952 -present)\nGovernor-General - Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia ( 1969- 1974)\n**Prime Minister - Sir John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia ( 1968 - 1971)
		1969 state leaders - Events of 1970- 1971 state leaders - State leaders by year \n-----\n
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/l/li/list_of_state_leaders_in_1970.html

	Northern Rhodesia (Zambia pre-independence)
		This flag continued to be used by the Governor of Northern Rhodesia when the Protectorate became one of the constituent territories of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between 1953 and 1963, and ceased to be used once Northern Rhodesia gained independence on 24 October 1964 as the Republic of Zambia.
		The Colonial Office wrote to the Government of Northern Rhodesia in 1938 about the flag of the colony and were told that the badge, granted in 1928, had never been used on any flag as the government operated no launches and there was no opportunity for the Governor to embark in a vessel.
		In 1924 the Office of Governor of Northern Rhodesia was created and executive and legislative councils were established in the territory which became a British Protectorate.
	www.fotw.net /flags/zm_nr.html (1457 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Humphrey Gibbs, Beleaguered Governor: Southern Rhodesia, 1929-69
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	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0312212097 (1457 words)

	Northern Rhodesia (Zambia pre-independence)
		This flag continued to be used by the Governor of Northern Rhodesia when the Protectorate became one of the constituent territories of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between 1953 and 1963, and ceased to be used once Northern Rhodesia gained independence on 24 October 1964 as the Republic of Zambia.
		The Colonial Office wrote to the Government of Northern Rhodesia in 1938 about the flag of the colony and were told that the badge, granted in 1928, had never been used on any flag as the government operated no launches and there was no opportunity for the Governor to embark in a vessel.
		Northern Rhodesia joined with neighbouring Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland to form the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in September 1953.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/zm_nr.html (1457 words)

	Rhodesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Initially, the state maintained its loyalty to Queen Elizabeth II as 'Queen of Rhodesia' (a title to which she never consented) but not to her representative, the Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs, whose constitutional duties were exercised by an 'Officer Administering the Government', Clifford Dupont.
		At the time of UDI, Rhodesia's Constitution provided for a Governor, appointed by the Queen, with political power residing with the unicameral Legislative Assembly, in which 50 out of 65 seats were reserved for whites.
		Rhodesia is the former name of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia in southern Africa, which was governed by a white minority until 1979.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhodesia (1035 words)

	President of Rhodesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Until 1970, the head of state of Rhodesia was the British Monarch, represented by the Governor, Sir Humphrey Gibbs.
		Sir Humphrey stayed on in Rhodesia, still internationally recognised as Governor, but was eventually forced out by Smith's government, who had appointed Deputy Prime Minister Clifford Dupont as 'Officer Administering the Government' in 1965.
		Following a whites-only referendum in 1969, Rhodesia was declared a republic in 1970, with Dupont assuming the ceremonial office of President.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_Rhodesia (262 words)

	Debating Our Destiny: The Second 1976 Presidential Debate
		President Ford and Governor Carter do not have notes or prepared remarks with them this evening, but they may take notes during the debate and refer to them.
		President, my question really is the other side of the coin from Mr.
		It was the most complete documentation by any president of any agreement signed by a president on behalf of the United States.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/debatingourdestiny/76debates/2_a.html (2994 words)

	Articles - Rhodesia
		Initially, the state maintained its loyalty to Queen Elizabeth II as 'Queen of Rhodesia' (a title to which she never consented) but not to her representative, the Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs, whose constitutional duties were exercised by an 'Officer Administering the Government', Clifford Dupont.
		At the time of UDI, Rhodesia's Constitution provided for a Governor, appointed by the Queen, with political power residing with the unicameral Legislative Assembly, in which 50 out of 65 seats were reserved for whites.
		The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved on January 1, 1964 upon the independence of Malawi and Zambia.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Rhodesia?mySession=e260401ff9121c7683893ebcf2718f13 (1013 words)

	Commonwealth Realm Information - Articles Free
		Her representative in the colony, the Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs immediately dismissed Prime Minister Ian Smith from office, but this was ignored and an 'Officer Administering the Government' was appointed to perform the Governor's constitutional duties.
		She is also represented by a Governor in each state of Australia, and by a Lieutenant-Governor in each province of Canada.
		The Governor General of Canada has a distinctive design, in which the lion is bearing a maple leaf.
	www.articlesfree.com /index.php?title=Commonwealth_Realm (3135 words)

	Malawi historical flags
		Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between 1953 and 1963 and ceased to be used once Nyasaland gained independence on 6 July 1964 as the self-governing state of Malawi.
		The Nyasaland Blue Ensign contained the arms in the fly (without roundel) and was used until 23 October 1953 when the territory was incorporated into the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and the Federation flag was adopted.
		By the Nyasaland Order in Council, dated 6 July 1907, the name of the territory was changed again, this time to the Nyasaland Protectorate and Legislative and Executive Councils were established and a Governor was appointed in the place of the former Commissioner.
	www.fotw.net /Flags/mw_his.html (757 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		Rhodesia never had a Governor General because Ian Smith's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Rhodesia) Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) was regarded as illegal by the international community, and the legitimate representative of the Queen was the British-appointed Governor Humphrey Gibbs Sir Humphrey Gibbs.
	www.mauspfeil.net /GG.html (246 words)

	Northern Rhodesia (Zambia pre-independence)
		This flag continued to be used by the Governor of Northern Rhodesia when the Protectorate became one of the constituent territories of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between 1953 and 1963, and ceased to be used once Northern Rhodesia gained independence on 24 October 1964 as the Republic of Zambia.
		The Colonial Office wrote to the Government of Northern Rhodesia in 1938 about the flag of the colony and were told that the badge, granted in 1928, had never been used on any flag as the government operated no launches and there was no opportunity for the Governor to embark in a vessel.
		Northern Rhodesia (1953 - 1963) - constituent territory of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/zm_nr.html (1459 words)

	Institute of Commonwealth Studies - Archives, Africa
		Transcript of interview by Ian Han, Salisbury, Rhodesia (8 May 1974) relating to the United Rhodesia Party and the Central Africa Party
		Secretary to Governor General of Union of South Africa (1927-1933); High Sheriff of Oxfordshire (1958) Typescript diaries with press cuttings of period when Reynardson was Secretary to Governor General of Union of South Africa
		Founder member of the South African Liberal Party and candidate in elections Papers, incl press cuttings on South African politics (1958-1962); political periodicals (1960-1963); draft material for Friedmann’s book on police intimidation of Africans; correspondence (1961-1963); black and white photographs of Walter Sisulu (b.1921) and others; miscellaneous material relating to South African politics (1957-1962)
	www.sas.ac.uk /commonwealthstudies/archives/arcafrica.htm (1398 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		Rhodesia never had a Governor General because Ian Smith's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Rhodesia) Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) was regarded as illegal by the international community, and the legitimate representative of the Queen was the British-appointed Governor Humphrey Gibbs Sir Humphrey Gibbs.
		List of Governors-General of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago
	www.mauspfeil.net /gg.html (246 words)

	Rhodesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Initially, the state maintained its loyalty to Queen Elizabeth II as "Queen of Rhodesia" (a title to which she never consented) but not to her representative, the Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs, whose constitutional duties were exercised by an "Officer Administering the Government", Clifford Dupont.
		The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved on January 1, 1964.
		UDI was internationally condemned, and at the behest of Britain, Rhodesia was placed under the first United Nations Security Council authorised sanctions, beginning in 1965 and lasting until the restoration of British rule in December 1979.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhodesia (3543 words)

	Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1924 - 1970)
		In Southern Rhodesia, the Governor was appointed by the Crown and acted as the local head of state, receiving instructions from the British Government.
		This flag continued to be used by the Governor of Southern Rhodesia during the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953- 1963) and continued in use after the break-up of the Federation when Southern Rhodesia became simply Rhodesia.
		Southern Rhodesia became a British Colony on 12 September 1923 and according to a typed manuscript by TW Baxter entitled "Flags and Arms of Rhodesia" held by the National Archives of Zimbabwe, this flag was taken into use on 1 October 1924 and was flown until 30 July 1951.
	www.flagspot.com /flags/zw_srgov.html (3543 words)

	SOUTHERN RHODESIA : Stamps : Postage Dues : Revenues : Booklets : Postmarks : Miscellaneous
		(dated 1947) piece cut from official document impressed with the large red embossed seal of Southern Rhodesia, signed by the Governor and Minister of Internal Affairs.
		1965 19th January, piece bearing Southern Rhodesia 1952 Arms revenues 2/-, 3/- (pair), 10/-, £2, £5, £10 and £50 (strip of three) all tied by 'Licencing and Revenue Office, Causeway' (19 Jan) oval datestamps struck in red.
		1961 8th March, printed Norwich Union fire insurance renewal receipt for £9.7s, bearing 1952 Southern Rhodesia Arms revenues 1d, 2/-, 2/6, 5/-, 10/- (strip of three) and £1 (Mewett 302, 308-9, 311-13) all tied by small circular cachets struck in violet.
	www.rhodesia.co.za /sr_misc.html (3543 words)

	Southern Rhodesia: Commission on Natural Resources
		The growing recognition among farmers themselves of soil erosion as a serious menace is evidenced by a resolution placed on the agenda of the 1931 Congress of the Rhodesia Agricultural Union, a body representative of the farmers of Mashonaland and the Eastern Districts, the chief agricultural areas of the Colony.
		The position is far otherwise in a country like Rhodesia where crops, such as maize and tobacco, are widely spaced and the intervening soil, generally kept free of vegetation, is exposed to torrential rains.
		The question of the expediency of allowing Natives to acquire land indiscriminately and of the friction which might arise with European neighbours was discussed in the Legislative Council and elsewhere, and in 1925 a Commission known as the Land Commission was appointed by the Governor to enquire into and report upon the question.
	www.success-and-culture.net /rdonline/srereport.shtml (3543 words)

	Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Rhodesia)
		The Governor of Rhodesia, Humphrey GibbsSir Humphrey Gibbs/, formally dismissed Smith and his cabinet for what was deemed "an act of treason against the United Kingdom".
		Unlike South Africa, Rhodesia's black African majority had representation in parliament, but the separate franchise was restricted to those who owned property, and also tribal chiefs, many of whom were regarded as puppets of the white regime.
		A new national flag was adopted in 1968 to replace the British colonial ensign, but Rhodesia had no national anthem until 1974, when it adopted one called ''Rise O Voices of Rhodesia'', to the tune of the ''Ode to Joy'' of Ludwig van BeethovenBeethoven's Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)Ninth Symphony.
	www.infothis.com /find/Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence_(Rhodesia) (1025 words)

	BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA - Online Information article about BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA
		The districts to the westward, forming the provinces of North Eastern and North Western Rhodesia, are governed by two administrators of the British South Africa Chartered Company, in consultation with the governor of Nyasaland and the colonial office.
		The southern border of this territory is the north bank of the Zambezi from the confluence of the Kafukwe to that of the Luangwa at Zumbo.
		Shire; (3) the Nyika Plateau, which lies to the north of.Angoniland; and (g) the Nyasa-Tanganyika Plateau, between the basin of the river Luangwa, the vicinity of Tanganyika and 'the vicinity of Lake Mweru (highest point, 7000—8000 ft.).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BRI_BUN/BRITISH_CENTRAL_AFRICA.html (5155 words)

	Operation Quartz - Rhodesia 1980
		Commanders of the Rhodesian security forces informed General Walls of this, and he tried to persuade Lord Soames, the temporary governor sent out by Britain to preside over the election, to disqualify ZANU.
		The remaining eight were transported to Rhodesia, together with SADF advisers for the purpose of training Rhodesian crews.
		Commonwealth monitoring forces arrived in Rhodesia and the terrorist forces of ZAPU and ZANU began to send their men to Assembly Points throughout the country.
	home.wanadoo.nl /rhodesia/quartz.htm (2919 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY 2 1970: Ian Smith declares Rhodesia a republic
		The chairman of Mr Smith's Rhodesian Front party, Ralph Nielson, said: "We have cut our ties as to whether or not a republic is going to make all that difference, I sincerely believe it will, particularly in the eyes of the rest of the world.
		The Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has declared his country a republic, cutting its last link with the British Crown.
		The ceremony took place at Government House, until last year the official residence of Sir Humphrey Gibbs and his predecessors as governor and representative of the British Crown.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/2/newsid_2514000/2514683.stm (452 words)

	Environmental History: postwar conservation boom in British colonial Africa, The
		In particular he repeated the unsubstantiated generalization that game areas had been reduced by half and the game within many of those by 75 percent as the situation for the entire region.45 It should be recalled that this estimate also appeared in Northern Rhodesia's questionnaire response to describe conditions in its territory.
		In his 1948 dispatch to territorial governors, Creech Jones made clear that the game departments particularly needed strengthening in the area of scientific research and planning.
		Creech Jones's dispatch to the territorial governors constituted a total endorsement of Caldwell's report and of the resolutions of the 1947 conference of territorial game wardens.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3854/is_200201/ai_n9068470/pg_5 (974 words)

	Rhodesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Initially, the state maintained its loyalty to Queen Elizabeth II as "Queen of Rhodesia" (a title to which she never consented) but not to her representative, the Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs, whose constitutional duties were exercised by an "Officer Administering the Government", Clifford Dupont.
		The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved on January 1, 1964.
		With regard to the latter, however, Northern Rhodesia was the wealthiest of the three member states (due to its vast copper mines) and actually contributed more to the overall building of infrastructure etc. than the other two members.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhodesia (2404 words)

	AllRefer.com - Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of (Southern African History) - Encyclopedia
		Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of, SE Africa, 1953–63, composed of the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
		The Africans, fearing continued domination by the whites, demonstrated (1960–61) against the federation, and in 1962 there was a strong movement for its dissolution, particularly from the new African-dominated regime of Northern Rhodesia.
		Under an appointed governor-general, the federal government handled external affairs, defense, currency, intercolonial relations, and federal taxes for its constituent members, which, however, retained most of their former legislative structure.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RhodNyas.html (293 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY 2 1970: Ian Smith declares Rhodesia a republic
		The Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has declared his country a republic, cutting its last link with the British Crown.
		The ceremony took place at Government House, until last year the official residence of Sir Humphrey Gibbs and his predecessors as governor and representative of the British Crown.
		By 1971, Edward Heath was prime minister of Britain and behind the scenes, negotiations were held with Ian Smith's regime to organise a legal settlement that would ensure the equality of land rights between Africans and Europeans.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/2/newsid_2514000/2514683.stm (452 words)

	allAfrica.com: Zambia [opinion]: Lusaka, Then And Now
		British colonial government in 1934 abolished North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia and created a one unitary system of government dubbed, 'the Northern Rhodesia Government'.
		Livingstone was the capital city then but only for a year and Lusaka in 1935 became under the colonial governor Sir Huberty Young a capital city.
		Sixteen years down the line, the great city became a Township management board and two years later in 1931, the Boma was shifted from Chilanga to Lusaka.
	allafrica.com /stories/200509170083.html (1172 words)

	BSAP Bibliography
		A biography of Sir Humphrey Gibbs, who became the Governor of Southern Rhodesia in 1959 and served during the time of UDI.
		The history of Rhodesia’s involvement in the 1899 - 1902 South African War, including the participation of a number of members of the BSAP and other Units, with particular reference to Bechuanaland and the Western Transvaal.
		The life and death of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
	www.bsap.org /book.html (8643 words)

	The National Archives Search other Archives Accessions to Repositories Major Accessions to Repositories 1994: Oxford University, Rhodes House Library
		Sir Maurice Dorman (1912-94): papers as Governor, later Governor-General of Malta, 1962-71, and as Deputy Chairman of the Pearce Commission on Rhodesia, 1971-72, and Chairman of British Observers of Zimbabwe elections, 1980.
		Major Colin Harding (dates unknown): diary illustrated with sketch-maps of journey, 1899-1901, from Bulawayo to Barotseland in the service of the British South Africa Company.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /accessions/1994/94returns/94ac162.htm (188 words)

	Assorted Material :: Johnny Ryan
		The Attorney General relayed Douglas—Home’s positive assessment of Rhodesian public opinion from Salisbury to the Cabinet on 23 November 1971: ‘With the exception of Mr Nkomo and some of those who had been detained by the Rhodesian régime, the vast majority favoured a settlement’.
		As one FCO official recalls ‘Britain had the constitutional responsibility for [Rhodesia] and was reminded of it by the rest of the Commonwealth, who used this as a stick with which to beat successive British Governments’.
		Political extremists apart, the general desire was for the conclusion of a settlement.
	www.geocities.com /x4401/w-rhodesia.html (10490 words)

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