Full transcript of the CBC interview with Bill McNeil and Emperor Haile Selassie I (29 April 1967)
The Order of Primus St. Croix presents the full transcript of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) Bill McNeil and Mr. Robert Thompson, former leader of the Social Credit Party in Canada, interview with His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie the First aboard the Canadian Royal Train between Winnipeg and North Bay en route to the International and Universal Exposition (Expo 67) in Montreal on April 29, 1967: [The grammar inconsistencies are a result of His Majesty altering between Amharic , French and English with the help of an Ethiopian interpreter.] Bill McNeil: Your Imperial Majesty, I’d like you to talk about your appearance before the League of Nations when you pleaded for your country in 1936. His Majesty: Yes, the Ethiopian people as well as myself fought as much as we could on the ground the fascist aggressors, but as it is well known the fascists were wel...