Ian Smith visit to Washington
- Title
- Ian Smith visit to Washington
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 10 Oct 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:03:36
- Description
- Clive Chamberlain reports on the visit of Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith to Washington. It looks at his media blitz to persuade the US government that his regime is trying to change the rule over to black majority, the press conference where he claims the US government is supporting the Soviet-backed terrorists in the Patriotic Front, the dwindling number of white people in the country, the protests over his visit and how the trip was not a success.
- Contributors
- Ian Smith; Clive Chamberlain; Gene Gibbons
- Keywords
- USA; Interethnic relations; Political protests; Ian Smith; Immigration; USSR; International relations; Political reform; Rhodesia; Patriotic Front; Prime ministers; Black African peoples; Whites; Emigration; Visits
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