The press release says the call for sanctions against South Africa is increasingly urgent, yet the Regents at the University of Washington have increased their investments in South Africa-related corporations by 50%. The regents expect to receive a report from Attorney General Senior Assistant James Wilson on his investigation into charges that the regents violated conflict of interest statutes and the Open Meeting Act. The press release includes two reports dated March 31, 1986 and April 30, 1986 on South African investments in the Consolidated Endowment Fund; companies mentioned in those reports include Merrill Lynch, Sears, Boeing, Abbott, Eli Lilly, AMR, Gillette, Martin-Marietta, IBM,...
The press release says the call for sanctions against South Africa is increasingly urgent, yet the Regents at the University of Washington have increased their investments in South Africa-related corporations by 50%. The regents expect to receive a report from Attorney General Senior Assistant James Wilson on his investigation into charges that the regents violated conflict of interest statutes and the Open Meeting Act. The press release includes two reports dated March 31, 1986 and April 30, 1986 on South African investments in the Consolidated Endowment Fund; companies mentioned in those reports include Merrill Lynch, Sears, Boeing, Abbott, Eli Lilly, AMR, Gillette, Martin-Marietta, IBM, and Marsh and McClennan. The press release includes a letter from Lloyd W. Paterson, Deputy Attorney General to the National Lawyers Guild - University of Washington Chapter. It also includes letters to Deputy Attorney General Lloyd W. Paterson from Virginia L. Faller and Alan Marriner of the National Lawyers Guild-U.W and from Phillip Goldman of Students Against Apartheid. The press release includes a newspaper article "State AG office: SAA charges unfounded" by Mark Jewell.
