RHODESIA'S U.D.I. - TROOPS IN POSITION BUT ALL QUIET ALONG ZAMBESI BORDER WITH ZAMBIA; PEOPLE SIGN GOVERNOR'S VISITING BOOK AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SALISBURY

Record ID: 648329

  • Title: RHODESIA'S U.D.I. - TROOPS IN POSITION BUT ALL QUIET ALONG ZAMBESI BORDER WITH ZAMBIA; PEOPLE SIGN GOVERNOR'S VISITING BOOK AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SALISBURY
  • Date: 14th November 1965
  • Summary: 1. GV TRUCK DRIVES THROUGH FROM ZAMBIA TO RHODESIA. 0.05 2. GV KARIBA DAM. 0.16 3. GV PAN KARIBA DAM WALL. 0.24 4. SV SIGN "ZAMBESI RIVER" 0.26 5. GV ZAMBESI RIVER. 0.29 6. GV PAN FROM SIGN "WELCOME TO ZAMBIA" TO TROOPS DIGGING TRENCHES AT CHIRUNDU. 0.37 7. SV TROOPS DIG IN. 0.40 8. SV TROOPS DIG TRENCHES. 0.44 9. GV TROOPS PREPARE POSITIONS. 0.46 10. LV TROOPS TAKE UP POSITIONS. 0.50 11. GV SOLDIER EATS MEAL. 0.53 12. GV CUSTOMS POST. 0.56 13. GV ZAMBESI RIVER. 1.00 SALISBURY 14. GV PAN GATES OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE. 1.05 15. SV PEOPLE QUEUE TO SIGN VISITORS' BOOK. 1.09 16. SCU PEOPLE QUEUE. 1.11 17. SV AIRLINE PILOT PAN TO OTHERS IN QUEUE. 1.17 18. CU ASKARI OF GUARD OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT HOUSE. 1.19 19. SV PEOPLE WAITING TO SIGN. 1.22 20. SV TILT DOWN TO WOMAN SIGNING BOOK. 1.31 21. GV GATES AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. 1.33 Initials JM/V&S/MGT/K Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th November 1965 12:00
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  • Location: RHODESIA-SALISBURY; ZAMBIA - KARIBA AND CHIRUNDU
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  • Country: Zimbabwe Zambia
  • Reuters ID: LVADT2Z7QGOLLM3B2ECMTZDGWU3R
  • Story Text: SIR HUMPHREY GIBBS, GOVERNOR OF RHODESIA, ATTENDED A REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE AT SALISBURY CATHEDRAL THIS MORNING (SUNDAY) - INDEPENDENCE ON THURSDAY. IT WAS TAKEN AS A SIGN THAT THE GOVERNOR'S MOVEMENT ARE NOT BEING RESTRICTED. AFTER THE SERVICE, SIR HUMPHREY RETURNED TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE, WHICH HE HAS BEEN ORDERED BY MR SMITH TO VACATE.

    SINCE THE ILLEGAL SEIZURE OF INDEPENDENCE BY THE SMITH GOVERNMENT, MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE HAVE CALLED AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TO SIGN THE GOVERNOR'S VISITORS' BOOK... AN ACTION WHICH COULD BE INTERPRETED AS A GESTURE OF PROTEST AGAINST UDI, AND ONE OF LOYALTY TO THE QUEEN.

    PRESIDENT KAUNDA SAID YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) THAT HE WOULD COMMAND ZAMBIAN TROOPS ALONG THE COMMON BORDER WITH RHODESIA "TO ACT IF SMITH AND HIS REBEL MINISTERS MISBEHAVE." ZAMBIAN AND RHODESIAN TROOPS FACE EACH OTHER AT SEVERAL POINTS ALONG THE BORDER, WHICH IS MARKED BY THE ZAMBESI RIVER. THE ZAMBIANS HAVE BEEN DIGGING TRENCHES, AND REPORTER FROM LIVINGSTONE INDICATE THAT RHODESIAN TROOPS HAVE BEEN DIGGING TRENCHES ON THEIR SIDE OF THE VICTORIA FALLS AS WELL. TRAFFIC IS FLOWING FREELY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

    (MR SMITH'S GOVERNMENT HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT SINCE THEY DECLARED INDEPENDENCE UNILATERALLY, MORE THAN 2,000 TELEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATION HAVE POURED INTO HIS OFFICE. MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND CAME FROM SOUTH AFRICA, 500 FROM WITHIN RHODESIA ITSELF, AND 78 FROM BRITAIN.)
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