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• 7/10/89

Attached and to be considered part of this memo is a copy of an article which appeared in the July 9, 1989 issue of the "Houston Post". The article reports on a meeting which took place secretly last week between State President P.W. Botha and imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandel a. The article states that the meeting has led to speculation that t1andela will be released soon.

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Attached and to be considered part of this memo is a copy and trans 1 at ion of an arti c 1 e which appeared in the May 11, 1989 edftion of the Afrikaans-languag.e newspaper, "Beeld."

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DIE vrylating van die ANC-leier mnr. Afrikaners self uitgewerk word: Dit kan;. ~la.ou~ ~aade~ ,.sal die internasioitale nie deur buitestaanders ge~<?en worq ilie,, gemeens ap s~ oudingjeens Suid-Afrika skryf sy. . . ; b~ie laat verander, skryf die Britse pre- Oat die ANC 'n kantoodn Landen het,:·

· mier, mev. Margaret Thatcher, in 'n brief beteken nie. die Brits~· reger.ing steun die. a~n mnr:. · Ma is, Ieier v~n die.~ organisasie'nie. Die Britse regering sal nie'

. sttgte Nasta a e a . . huiwer om op te tree teen enigiemand wat: · ~ a c er. et gereageer op 'n wette in Brittanje oortree nie. · · · -~ . · ~

brief wat mnr. ·Marais .op 23 Maart-aan Mev. Thatcher. skryf sy het in 'n onder.- . f haar- geskryf het. . · · houd met Beeld in November verlede jaar I{). · Sy se die vrylating van mnr. Mandela gese verandering in Suid-Afrika is moont- .

sal 'n. klimaat van vertroue skep waarin lik. Trouens, dit is onafwendbaar. . I gesprekvoering kan plaasvind. Haar be- Dit sal wilskrag en moed vei'g orri. van I roep om die vrylating van mnr. Mandela · die verlede .weg te breek. Tensy daar 'n· is nie bemoeienis met Suid-Afrika se huis- bereidwilligheid is om dit te do en, bestaan, ... : ·1 houdelike aangeleenthede nie. · die gevaar dat die probleme .'n.,Ttens kan:'.'·. _. · ·. I . Die onvoorwaardeljke vrylating van . oorweldig. ·,. . :· · · :. · .. · ·.: ~~ ·· ! · 1

mnr. Mandela is 'n sleutel tot.die oplos- Dit is nog 'in .S!!id-Afrik~·-nog_ iii. die· . · sing van Suid-Afrika se probleme. Grand- · internasionale gemeenskap - wat·: beslis . . wetlike verandering~ moet ·deur Suid- Brittanje insluit -· se belang dat dit ge-

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~T MAGGIE WRITES TO JAAP ABOUT MANDELA

The release of the ANC leader, Mr. Nelson Manjel-, will greatly change the international community"s attitude towarc South Afr~ca, writes the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, in a letter of the Refo1med National Party.

Mr :. Thatcher reacted to a letter which Mr. Marais wrote ·o her on

She says the release of Mr. Mandela will create a climate of trust in which discussions can take place. Her call for the release of Mr. Mandela is not meddling with South Africa"s domestic affairs.

The unconditional release of Mr. Mandela is a key to the solution of South Africa"s problems. Constitutional changes must be worked out by South Africans themselves. It cannot be done by outsiders, she writes.

That the ANC has an office in London does not mean the British government supports the organization. The British government will not hesitate to act against anyone who transgresses laws in Britain.

Mrs. Thatcher writes she said in an interview with Beeld in November last year that change in South Africa is possible. In fact, it is inevitable.

It will require will power and courage to break from the past. Unless there is a willingness to do it, the possibility exists that the problems can over~'-!helm.

It is in South Africa"s as well as the international community"s -which certainly includes Britain - interest that it happens.

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