Beware of De Beers' motives

During my last visit over the Xmas holidays I was interested in discussions with friends and reading previous press reports about the efforts of your government to establish the diamond centre in Gaborone and also the doubts and excuses by De Beers about the delay in the relocation of the centre from London to Botswana.

I salute the Botswana government for its foresight and urge you not to yield because I believe this is a sinister ploy to keep control over the wealth of the country. Botswana must think cleverly and learn from South Africa's mistakes and not fall into the clever traps laid out for it because you are dealing with the masters of the game.