Rhodesians Go Back To Fight

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30961, 18 January 1966, Page 1

Rhodesians Go Back To Fight

IN.Z. Press Association —Copyright) SYDNEY, January 17. A group of former Rhodesians going back to support Mr lan Smith’s Government reached Sydney today from New Zealand.

They said Rhodesians throughout the world were flocking back to their former country to “rally round the white Rhodesian flag.” They were ready to fight any nation which tried to interfere with the internal situation in Rhodesia, they said. The New Zealand group, who are all paying their own fares back to Rhodesia, arrived on the liner Southern Cross from Wellington today. They said they had left Rhodesia when they thought Mr Smith was. going to hand over the country to the AfriScans without a fight.

“When we learned he was prepared to fight, we decided to return to support his Government's policies,” Mr William Greenfield, a leader of the group, said today. Conserving Sterling He said he had refused to cash his money into travellers’ cheques because “sterling is desperately needed in Rhodesia.” “I am saving every possible penny because every pound I spend is a pound less that I will be able to bring back to the Rhodesian Government." Mr Greenfield, aged 24. a former Rhodesian Air Force ground crew member, said: “My grandfather was killed in the early days of the white settlement in Rhodesia. “Grandfather gave his life, so I am quite prepared to give mine for Mr Smith.”