Abstract
Defence had been the major issue in Anglo-South African diplomacy in the mid-1950s and the British response to demands for action to bring an end to apartheid had been its theme in the early 1960s. With the assumption of office by the Labour Party in Britain in October 1964, defence re-emerged as the dominating question in political contacts between London and Pretoria — together with Rhodesia after UDI in late 1965.
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J. E. Spence, The Strategic Significance of Southern Africa ( London: RUSI, 1970 ) p. 17.
D. Austin, Britain and South Africa ( London: Oxford University Press, 1966 ) p. 129.
A. Sampson, The Arms Bazaar ( London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1977 ) p. 165.
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Berridge, G. (1981). Labour: Defence and Rhodesia. In: Economic Power in Anglo-South African Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04672-0_6
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