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'MY FATHER WAS RIGHT'

Max Mosley backed apartheid and praised his Hitler-loving father, former article carrying his name reveals

The anti-press campaigner — facing a perjury probe by police — has furiously denied racism allegations

MAX Mosley wrote columns backing apartheid and endorsing “all” statements he had “come across” from his Hitler-loving dad, The Sun can reveal.

The anti-press campaigner — facing a perjury probe by police — has furiously denied racism allegations.

 Max Mosley, with his father Oswald in 1962, called for 'complete division' in Africa
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Max Mosley, with his father Oswald in 1962, called for 'complete division' in AfricaCredit: Copyright: www.bridgemanimages.com

But in an Oxford University article carrying his byline, the former F1 boss insisted “complete division” was needed to avoid a “blood-bath” in Africa.

His article was published in defence of his father’s fascist Union Movement in Oxford’s Cherwell paper on February 15, 1961.

It stated: “The African problem is no longer soluble without a complete division of territory.”

A second article, in The Parson’s Pleasure student publication in February 1962 and titled “Max Mosley: My Political Beliefs”, went into more detail.

 The former F1 boss is currently facing a perjury probe by police
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The former F1 boss is currently facing a perjury probe by policeCredit: Dan Charity - The Sun
 Max poses with mother Lady Oswald and father Oswald outside court in 1962
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Max poses with mother Lady Oswald and father Oswald outside court in 1962Credit: Times Newspapers Ltd

He wrote: “In Africa, one of two systems would work.

“Either co-racialism on a basis of complete equality, or total apartheid, separation (by means of a wage-price mechanism) of white and black into two entirely separate nations.”

He was “inclined to agree” things had “gone too far for co-racialism.”

 The anti-press campaigner backed apartheid in a past article
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The anti-press campaigner backed apartheid in a past article

Asked if he stood by his “father’s statements before and after the war”, he replied: “All I have come across, YES.”

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