1 Prep the Surface. A successful paint job starts with properly preparing the surface you're going to paint. That means you must scrape, sand, patch, and fill every hole, crack, dent, and surface imperfection. This isn't the fun part of painting a room, but it is the most important part.
During an effort to delay an immediate transition to black majority rule, Rhodesia's predominantly white government issued its own Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965.
Rhodesia: Unilateral Declaration of Independence Documents, 1965. 1  Prime Minister Ian Smith: Announcement of Unilateral Declaration of Independence, November 11, 1965. 2  Prime Minister Harold Wilson: The Position of the British Government on the Unilateral Declaration of Independenec by Rhodesia, Speech to Parliament, November 11,1965. Soviet Government Statement: The Situation in Southern Rhodesia, November 15, 1965.