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581. Telegram From the Embassy in South Africa to the Department of State

. The Ovambos he said had always in effect ruled themselves although his government had had a small number of advisers there. SAG had taken and intended take only steps similar to those which British and French governments had taken in areas such as Nigeria in years past. Verwoerd then discussed briefly complicated questions of financing recommendations of report which would themselves take considerable time to resolve. I told PriMin we recognized that there were many favorable aspects of Odendaal Commission report, especially willingness of his government to spend considerable sums for econom…