The mailing says according to the Washington Post of December 15th, the State Department has recommended that Commerce approve the license for the sale of six Cessna airplanes to South Africa, and is considering an application for an additional 44. The mailing says the granting of these licenses should be opposed. The mailing says they represent "business as usual" at a time when the Vorster regime is cracking down against all of its opponents, and the United States is under growing international and internal pressure to cut its ties with the Vorster regime. The mailing says 55 others have been sold to South Africa by Cessna Aircraft. The mailing says the London-based International Institute...
The mailing says according to the Washington Post of December 15th, the State Department has recommended that Commerce approve the license for the sale of six Cessna airplanes to South Africa, and is considering an application for an additional 44. The mailing says the granting of these licenses should be opposed. The mailing says they represent "business as usual" at a time when the Vorster regime is cracking down against all of its opponents, and the United States is under growing international and internal pressure to cut its ties with the Vorster regime. The mailing says 55 others have been sold to South Africa by Cessna Aircraft. The mailing says the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies in its 1977-78 The Military Balance reports that at least 22 Cessnas are in the South African Air Force. The mailing discusses a report in Paratus, a South African military journal. The mailing says DMS Market Intelligence Report indicates that some of these planes were sold to South Africa after the unilateral U.S. arms embargo against South Africa was implemented in 1963. The mailing says Jennifer Davis, Research Director for the Africa Fund, documented the operation of the Air Commandos in a hearing before the Senate Africa Subcommittee on July 24, 1975. The mailing asks people to send a telegram or letter to President Carter urging that the decision to license 6 Cessna aircraft be revered and urge that the application to sell another 44 Cessna's be denied immediately. • The Recent Sale • Does this Sale of Military Significance? • Why Protest?
