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against Northern Kbhudesia rematning in the Federation, Although the mijority of Southern Rhodesian whites would favor continuing the Tedcration wider the status qno, their sentiment seers clearly against’ being ina Pederati with tru African-domisated Territories. Therefore, support for Federation in Southern Rhodesia is apt to be severely weakened by the Northern Rhodesian elece tion. An abortive Federal review conference, which was started and then adjourned nearly two years 9.:0, is supposed ty be reswacd around the end of the yaar. Advisors to the British Governrent are asain tourins the Federation for information, but it scems unlihely they con find anything new to report. They are specially charged with assessing the econoic impact ca Nyasaland of its leaving the Federation, an item of hardly move than avadcmie interest to the Nalawi Conrress Party. Altheegh Nyasaland is usually held up as the Territory which needs the eccnomic aid of the ¢gederatioa, Southern Rhodesia is the Territery which will suffer the grestest cconomic less, Markets for the industcies coneantrated in Scuchern Rhedesia will be suwaller; there will be a great loss from the reassignment or cischarge of Federal civil.servants concentrated in Salisbury; Federal Government activities, which ca esononic stimulus, will be nel from falisbury to Lusaka and so on. the political problems. Not even the African leaders most antagonistic to this Federation are opposed to tho federal idea, but this Pederation was imposed ov African objections, and those objections heve never becn overcome Ir is doubtful now if any action ef con- stitution:1 review could save the Pecera Rm, even giving an Africen majority in the Federal Assei.bly, a step which whites are not willing to take anyway. Sone waite Rhovesians are haping that Nyasaland nay go and political links be kept with) herthern fhodesia. luis, too, is an jdle drean. Northern Rhodesian Africens are going to be calling the tune for their Territory, and they will not lint up vith a te controlled Southern Rhodesia. Even the rublie airine of this ides has emused UIP to tale a much tougher line on cooteration with Sonthern Rhodesia. The British will suroly not impose a sccond affiliation unacceptable to Airicans, t on mainteining white control, some for good reasons sia if they wish to r ern Rhodesia for a Those Federal leaders inie: and sere for bed, will lave to retrest to Southern Eheg in Central Africas. “Western stondard can be maintained in Sout little longer.