I wish to assure you that there can never be…

I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.

Sourced, 1980

Address to the nation by the Prime Minister-elect. Broadcast speech on Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Television, 4 March 1980, on winning the election.

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