He let it be known he would accept independence if it should occur.
The British ultimately accepted American independence because they were falling deeply into debt.
Four homelands were persuaded to accept independence, a status unrecognized by any country except South Africa.
Some Labor leaders are prepared to accept Palestinian independence.
"How can they force us to accept independence?"
"Which means that atrue man can accept independence in a woman."
Many ethnic Portuguese of the African colonies were also increasingly willing to accept independence if their economic status could be preserved.
But there are several thousand committed separatists - nobody can really say how many - who will accept only total independence.
As a condition for accepting independence, they demanded that the country continue to be divided into three regions with the North having a clear majority.
Croatians, he believes, will now accept only total independence.