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Background
Southern Rhodesia had been operating as a British colony with responsible government since 1923 after voting for it in the 1922 Southern Rhodesia government referendum that broke them away from British South Africa Company control. In the interceding years, the British government considered how to manage Southern Rhodesia through various commissions. An initial proposal was to merge Southern Rhodesia with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland as a Dominion similar to the Union of South Africa. This was rejected by black Southern Rhodesians who felt it would erode guaranteed protections for them in place and also by some white Southern Rhodesians who feared an influx of immigration. Another suggested a voluntary association where all three Legislative Councils had to approve Central African Council legislation was also rejected as impractical.