UN General Assembly
1964

33. What I have said today must be read in conjunction with what was stated by our delegation from this rostrum during last year's general debate [1236th meeting], when the leader of our delegation quoted from a number of statements by my Prime Minister in rebuttal of the persistent allegation that the white nation in South Africa seeks to maintain its position by coercion and perpetual repression. During last year's general debate the South African delegation gave a brief account of what was about to take place in the Transkei — a territory some 17,000 square miles in area, constituting the homeland of the Xhosa nation, comprising over 3 million people — almost one third of our total Bantu population, and situated in the heavier rainfall belt, and in one of the most fertile regions of South Africa.