HC Deb 01 August 1978 vol 955 cc228-9W
Mr. Lee

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many black people have been killed as a result of military activities in the course of the war in Rhodesia during the last 12 months, irrespective of the side upon which such persons appeared to have been ranged, and how many white people and how many of other ethnic groups.

Mr. Rowlands

We have no means of verifying the number of categories of casualties, but figures published recently give the following breakdown of deaths for this year:

Guerrillas 1,167
Black civilians 688
Security forces 134
White civilians 124