79-10-B1
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Namibia I[edit]
Transcript[edit]Our government and the United Nations among others are very upset because the terrorist forces of Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe were not allowed to impose their rule on Rhodesia by force of arms. The Rhodesians by free and open election chose another leader and another more democratic course. Now we find a sequel in another emerging country, South West Africa known as Namibia. This had been a German colony until World War I after which the League of Nations turned it over to South Africa. In 1978 South Africa accepted a plan drawn up by our country, Britain, France, Canada and West Germany by which Namibia would become an independent nation. This plan was put in effect through the U.N. but, shades of Rhodesia, no sooner had South Africa given in than the U.N. began changing the plan to which South Africa had consented. Last year the U.N. Security Council by a 15 to O vote declared that Walvis Bay must be integrated into Namibia. This was in direct contravention to the agreement with South Africa. The bay is one of South Africa's major sea ports but what is more significant it has been part of South Africa since 1884, Namibia was only mandated to South Africa in 1920. It now appears that the U.N. and the five western powers changed their minds on Walvis Bay in an effort to persuade Sam Mujoma, leader of a Marxist terrorist band to accept the U.N. plan. In a situation not unlike Rhodesia's Namibia has a terrorist force headed by Nujoma who does not want an election to establish a majority rule government in Namibia. His group calls itself the Southwest Africa Peoples Organization, "SWAPO" for short. As the U.N. sputtered around, unilaterally changing the contract it had signed and postponing an election in Namibia, Nujoma's SWAPO forces - like the bandits of Nkomo and Mugabe in Rhodesia - were busily murdering and pillaging. The government of South Africa decided the only way to settle once and for all who spoke for the people of Namibia would be to hear from the people by way of a free and open election. SWAPO was enraged, the killing increased and one of the leading black moderates who could have won a free election was murdered. Documents were found proving not only that SWAPO was responsible for the murder but that other leaders were on a "hit" list. Our government sent observers to Namibia but their bias was showing - they only met SWAPO leaders. One U.S. Congressman (who, incidentally, has been convicted recently of 29 felony counts) wanted the DTA, the moderate party, to turn the government over to SWAPO apparently without an election. The U.N. has declared SWAPO is somehow the only legitimate spokesman for the country. Three U.N. bodies, the U.N. Commission for Namibia, the U.N. Council for Namibia and the U.N. Fund for Namibia channel millions of dollars in aid directly to Nujoma, the SWAPO Leader. UNICEF and UNESCO do likewise. Chapter two on the effort to impose a Marxist government without an election on the people of Namibia will follow next broadcast. |
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