I listened carefully to the story she wanted me to know, picking my way across the history of racism in South Africa. How the ANC was banned in 1960 then, with the elections of 1994, they formed the government, but what she gave me formed the basis for the questionnaire I prepared for Jerry Furley and the Vice-Admiral to ask Bottomly.
According to Alice, Viscount Bottomly’s ultimate aim was the complete annihilation of the indigenous Black African race in South Africa. His AWB would be removing them from the southern half of Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. All those removed would be relocated in Zambia. His plan would take years, she said, but he and those close to him were resigned to its fulfilment.
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Although I accepted her sincerity to be real, I found her announcem
