Rhodesia: force the only answer

from an Oxford reader The Ruskin Students! Action Committee on Rhodesia have issued a statement which should be seen in relation to the discussion on what should be done about Ian Smith, The main piece in the statement reads: "A gang of thugs led by Ian Smith has illegally seized power in Rhodesia end is using armed force to consolidate its position. Tens of thousands of men and women are denied their basic human rights and liberty by being forcibly restricted and imprisoned without trial. When the desperate people of Rhodesia, who are citizens of a British colony, attempt to protest at this tyranny and oppression, they are savagely put down by Smith's fascist apparatus of force = barbed wire, gas bombs and bullets, "What would you do if you saw a gang of thugs beating up a laweabiding citizen? You would send for the police, This is what the British Government must do in Rhodesia,g It must send for the police and Say '‘'go to Rhodesia, arrest the law breakers, protect the Queen's subjects and restore legal governmentt, Since Mr, Smith's thugs are heavily armed, you would not want to send unarmed policemen against them, Therefore, Mr. Wilson must send in an armed police force, able to protect themselves in the lawful execution of their duty. The weak and oppressed people of Rhodesia can look only to Britain to free them from tyrannyseees" The statement, which contains a good deal of factual material on conditions in Rhodesia, can be obtaine 7Riskin Students! Action Committee on Rhodesia, The Rookery, Old Headington, Oxford. It is planned to bring out regular material on Rhodesia so a contribution towards the cost would be appreciated,