<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia" id="mwASY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a> declares itself a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic" id="mwASc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic">republic</a>, breaking its last links with the British crown.<sup about="#mwt118" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"}}' id="cite_ref-22" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_2#cite_note-22" id="mwASg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 22;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASk">[22]</span></a></sup>
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