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This memorandum presents the policy context concerned southern Africa as the Coalition for a New Foreign and Military considers adopting a sixth priority, to "support de-colonization, majority rule and authentic self-determination in southern Africa," as recommended by its Legislative and Administrative Committees. The memo points out the significant expansion of resistance in Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa that has led to Secretary of State Kissinger's several months of "shuttle diplomacy." It considers the possibility that efforts will be made in Congress to cut various forms of U.S. support to South Africa, for the first time moving beyond reactive steps. Possibilities include ending tax credits for companies operating in South Africa and Namibia; requiring fair employment practices for U.S. companies in South Africa (about which there is debate as to its efficacy); ending Export-Import financing for trade with South Africa; and ending nuclear exports to South Africa. On Rhodesia, the Congress could once again try to repeal the Byrd Amendment and renew U.S. compliance with sanctions. The memo also raises the possibility that the U.S. government could seek to destabilize the frontline states, especially Angola and Mozambique, given the CIA involvement in Angola in 1975, and this would need to be opposed. [Note: The Washington Office on Africa was an organizational member of the Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy.]

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LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON SOUTHERN AFRICA

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