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Oppenheimer, Sir Ernest, cont.
Anglo American Corporation, statements etc., cont.
and n. 25, 516, 517, 520-3, 569-70 and nn. 88, 89, 574 n. 91, 576, 577-8 n. 97, 581-2, 583 n. 103
Anglo American Corporation employees in the Copperbelt, communication to, Dec. 1953, 477, 488-9
Arrival in South Africa, 14, 50, 51, 55
Attitude to colour bar, 22, 470 ff.
Attitude towards promotion and appointments, 21
Awards and honours, 102, 596 n. 2
Benefactions, 21, 580-1, 595-6 n. 2
Birth, 48
Business leader, qualities as, 9
Chairmanships, 28, 29, 100, 103, 215 Of Dc Beers, 28, 103,161-2, 167, 169, 182-7 passim, 191, 201-8 passim, 215
Contribution to building up of South Africa, 33, 38, 97
Death of, 596 and n. 2
De Beers, speeches at meetings of, quoted, 104-6
Determination to maintain Copperbelt as imperial interest, 29-32, 415, 417-18, 444
Diamond industry:
Early training in, 19, 49-50 and n. 7 Efforts to integrate, 16-17, 24 Family connexions with, 18, 48-9
Diamonds —Technical knowledge of, 18, 19
Directorships, 28, 71, 84-5, 89, 102, 103 Of De Beers, 28, 103, 161-3, 167
Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, presidential address to, quoted, 92
Family connexions, 19, 48-9
Financial policy, 21-2, 97
Gold industry —Family connexions with, 19
Knighted, 102
Letter to American associates, 1921, quoted, 96, no
Marriage, 49, 72, 310
Memo for friends in London, 1930, quoted, 100-1, 385-6, 433-4
Memorandum on standardization of assortment and prices, 257
Memorandum on the present position of the diamond trade, quoted, 247
Municipal politics and mayoralty of Kimberley, 58, 71, 72
Naturalized British subject, 50-1
Optimism and religious beliefs, 20
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Free State Investment Trust, statements to, quoted, 36 n. 32, 558 and
n. 74, 561 and n. 75, 562, 565, 566 Parliamentary career, 72, 102-3,
47° Speeches quoted on
De Beers, closing down of, 246,
269 n. 17, 271-6 Depression in the diamond industry, 213 n. 13 Diamond Control Bill, 121-3 Diamond Cutting Bill, 126, 127,
128
and n. 5 Diamond industry agreement, 299 Election to Parliament, 595 n.
1 Gold standard, 505-7 Precious Stones Bill, 174-5 Patriotism, 22, 29,
595 and n. 1 Personal qualities, 19-22, 595 and n. 1,
597 Removal to Johannesburg, 51 Research, recognized value of, 21, 33,
316 ff., 320 Rhodes, C. J., influence of, on, 22, 56-7,
106, 227 Rhodesian Anglo American, statements
to, quoted, 467-8 and n. 57 South Africa—Diamond industry
Unification of, 182, 185 Letters relating to, 215-17 Transvaal Chamber of Mines, speech
at meeting, quoted, 523-4 Visit to South West Africa diamond
fields, 70, 73 Welkom Mine, speeches at opening of,
quoted, 573-4, 582-3 West Rand Investment Trust, speeches
at meetings, quoted, 517-18, 538 n.
51, 539 n. 51 Western Reefs, statement to, quoted,
533-4
World figure, 1
See also Anglo American Corporation, De Beers Consolidated Mines, Diamond Syndicate, Diamond Corporation, and names of persons and other finance and mining companies with which Sir Ernest was associated
See also subdivisions Negotiations for agreements under South Africa — Diamond industry — Government control Oppenheimer, Frank, 298
Death of, 310 Oppenheimer, Harry, 72, 102, 298, 596 n.
2; quoted, 567 n. 83, 569 n. 86, 580 and
n. 101
Diamond industry, statement on organization of, 26 n. 24
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