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One of the world's largest, driest and least-populated regions is caught up in the eye of an
international politica/ storm. How the issue is resolved will have great bearing on the future of not
only all southern Africa but the economic wel/-being of the entire Western world.
O
ne would think that South
West Africa- more com–
monly known these days as
Namibia- would be the most unlike–
ly area of the world to be embroiled
in a dispute of major international
importance.
On the surface, Namibia should
not demand such high–
level attention. l t is
one of thc world's most
arid and underpopu–
lated regions. Yet,
zero hour is approach–
ing for those who must
determine which form
of independence the
territory will take.
Mr. Armstrong' s Visit
Readers of
The Plain
Trurh
magazine have
been made continually
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by
Gene H. Hogberg
aware of events transpiring in a–
mibia as well as throughout all of
troubled southern Africa. In 1976,
the September and November issues
of
The Plain Truth
had articles
detailing independence proposals
that were being hammered out at the
time in the so-called "Tu rnballe
conference" in Windhoek, amibia ·s
administrative center and largest
city.
This was a remarkablc- a nd,
events would prove, tragically unsuc–
cessful-experiment, wherein for the
fi rst time in the history of southern
Africa whites and nonwhites sat
around a table to dis–
cuss the peaceful evo–
lution to indepen–
dence. The conference
was similar in many
respects to thc confer–
encethatproduced the
Const itution of the
United States.
A short while later,
in March 1977,
Plain
Truth
Editor-in-Chief
Herbert W. Arm–
strong was invited to
address conference