FORMER RHODESIAN PM IAN SMITH

(14 May 2000) Natural Sound
The farm of former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith has been occupied by squatters, Smith's son Alec Smith said on Sunday.
About 50 people occupied Ian Smith's 4,000 acre (1,400 hectare) cattle ranch on Saturday, Alec Smith said.
More than 1,000 white-owned Zimbabwean farms are occupied by squatters and liberation war veterans who say the land is rightfully theirs.
Ian Smith, 81, whose 1964-79 premiership saw Zimbabwe, then called Rhodesia, declare unilateral independence from Britain in a bid to stave off black rule, was in Harare on Sunday.
He told APTN that he was uncertain whether the farm had been occupied.
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"My farm is a peaceful farm, and there are no politics on my farm. There is only one thing we talk about- that is farming"
Q: "But do you, as a former prime Minister feel that you might be targeted ?"
A: "I have more black friends in this country than Mugabe, so why do they want to target me for? My conscience is clear, but look as soon as I know more I will came back to you..."

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