 On 24 September , Reedman appeared on Portugal 's state @-@ owned national radio station , Emissora Nacional de Radiodifusão , addressing the Portuguese nation as " head of the Rhodesian diplomatic mission to Portugal " . He spoke along lines reminiscent of Smith 's speech to parliament on 30 June , saying the Afro @-@ Asian element " made a mockery of the Commonwealth " and enabled Chinese @-@ initiated communist encroachment into Africa . More than one Commonwealth member state hosted training facilities for black communist guerrillas , he said , which threatened all " civilised states in Africa " . He dismissed one man , one vote as false " trash democracy " , and said that in the present geopolitical climate countries run by black Africans inevitably destroyed themselves . " This your Rhodesian neighbour will not in any circumstances allow , " he pledged . " We [ Portugal and Rhodesia ] stand together in a common cause because of civilisation . " 
