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10/15/1964 - A Kenya Settler in South Africa by John Spencer

NOT FOR PUBLICATION INSTITUTE OF CURRENT WORLD AFFAIRS JS New York Kenya Settler South Africa Oct Richard H Nolte Institute Current Affairs Madison Avenue New York I7 New York Dear Nolte suppose I really Kenya Jeffrey Chrystall looking brown African winter landscape because I ruled blacks A handsome rather conscious medium build middle forties Chrystall New Zealand He joined Uoyal Force finished school there stationed India until broke fighter squadron England After years combat flying returned India describes British equivalent OSS At having plans future Chrystall decided England India someone realizes changed entire course One fellow engers India because British ending Jeffrey Jean Chrystallon Kenya where bought Kenya Chrysta friend length place future white Chrystall Kenya office London immediately after arrived England He discovered British Government encour aging servicemea settle Kenya selliag faring price offeriag leases those E2000 required purchase The talked peoole about better place Kenya seemed I947 Chrystall signed Government acres Turi heart Kenya highlands The first years tough enjoyable Chrystall Jean literally break trees rocks there chaos Turi Elburgon heloed other The first Jean I lived ramshackle circular affair nothin holes started aying Guernseys sheeo pyrethrum decided build proper house Jean architect built timber bricks Our imorovement sadly which stocked which eventually covered acres The Chrystalls brought their under control Mau rebellion Fortunately Turi center uprising Jean mother lived heart Mau Mau country addition concern safet Chrystall friends fight joined Police eeserve flying spotting missions training ilots Looking these years J effrey Jean Chrystall stage Kenya endence thought africans woutd themselves seemed laughable In period political turmoit followed quasting Mau Mau Chrystall first sympathy xlichael Blundell racial icies became convinced would never succeed It clear ifricans themselves wanted there historical precedent system It never worked before The defeat Europeans Lancaster House Conference complete stunning surprise Chrystall Settlers couldn believe British Government abandoned obviously They lured Kenya assur children grandchildren would Governor Colonial Secretary spoke reassuring words promising their Governmen always protect Then swoopblaleod threw We suddenly became expendable I there bitter about I In gloomy months following Lancaster ttouse Chrystall reluctantly decided would rather leave Kenya desoite there under African early Iet neighbor moved England The ChrystaIls remember their stmdder Although interesting National Farmers Union previously member Executive Kenya National Farmers Union Chrystall could stand climate crowds commtLn wihin Africa stoped biefly Kenya visit little country return Natal Province South Africa where Kenya friends settled He liked bought acres Umlaas River miles inland Durban The ChrYs talls Farm Chrystal mother simple white house thatched surrounded landscape resembles close cropped roiling country Turi which compared rugged Kenya highlands somehow looks subdued domesticated Chrystall found farming South Africa difficult profitable expected started potatoes sheep those alone farming doesn Ooy Kenya It backbone economy therefore organized Ye given quota sugar thank God instead potatoes would brought But there I suppose things about Kenya First there spirit Kenya South Africa pioneers modern version frontiersmen happened hundred years someone great great great grandfather broke Look house built Kenya other I never As anything Kenya friends through amateur dramatics virgin rough beauty highlands slipped And there labor The natives beyond bel_ief mainly I guess because clever Zulus factories In Kenya Kyukes Kikuyus working intelligent chaps about cattle ourselves Yet JS wtole despite bloody awful South African accent To country loved would Jean I swore Kenya would never haven But rememberino youth there Here South Africa right I Nationalist Yerwoerd knows talking about natives ready They Let carry without white leadership If believe Africans European Kenya They first class farms riley famine relief No maintain state maintain itselF Verwoerd Kenya clued about Africans wanted Just I South African Government gives Kenya family settles travel exenses customs concessions bring lodging until finding farmer finalty settled They And friendly country You Americans spend playing these African countries forgetting seems South Africa staunchest allies against Communism xvhat other country passed Suppression Communism Act Communism gaining throughout world South Africa country stand Jeffrey Chrystall typifies European farmers kenya years Like moved South Afr others Australia New Zealand ngland They Kenya bitterly Britan whose Government thought lured Kenya guarantees support protection watched eretly while struggled build country economy quite abruptly abandoned Myopic withdrawn world could their feudal would unmourned except S_incere Received New York October