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Memorandum to the National Peace Education Committee. The memorandum says at the last Southern Africa Task Force meeting, it was decided that a subcommittee would develop a proposal for our work on southern Africa; this committee met and drafted a program which was circulated to various parts of the AFSC. Comments were solicited and various revisions were made; enclosed is this program in its final form for your approval. The memorandum includes Proposal for Peace Education Southern Africa Work. The memorandum discusses Bill Sutherland, Mobil Oil, Rhodesia, Ian Smith, the Anglo-American plan, the Carter administration, Caltex, white South African sports teams, the Peace Education Division (PED), the UN arms embargo, Leon Sullivan, U.S. corporations, the role of the U.S. government and U.S. economic institutions in maintaining apartheid, the Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South Africa (COBLSA), Fannie Rushing, Jim Bristol, Bank of America, the Furriers Joint Council, Niva Padilha, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, the New York Conference of the United Methodist Church, the National Council of Churches, demonstrations, withdrawals from banks who refuse to discontinue business with South Africa, trade unions, community groups, ICCR (Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility), the University of Massachusetts, longshoremen, the United Electrical Workers, Bernard Rivers, the Security Council, an embargo on the supply of oil to South Africa, coal, nuclear fuel, oil from coal technology, ESCOM (Electrical Supply Commission of South Africa), uranium, religious institutions, portfolios, divest, stocks of companies doing business in South Africa, NARMIC, the black caucus in the Pennsylvania State Legislature, economic sanctions, denial of tax credit to U.S. based corporations in South Africa, sanctions on arms shipment, emergency refugee aid to frontline states, enforcement of laws prohibiting American citizens from military involvement, the elimination of Export-Import Bank guarantees for loans to U.S. companies trading and investing in South Africa, Sipho Buthelezi, Cathy Harrington, Sharpeville, Soweto, Steven Biko, banks making loans to South Africa, Washington Office on Africa (WOA), the Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy, the Congressional Black Caucuses, QUNO (Quaker United Nations Office), political prisoners, civil rights, wealth, power, and violence. • INTRODUCTION • PROGRAM OBJECTIVES • IMPLEMENTATION • CORPORATIONS • IMPLEMENTATION • RESOURCES • NEEDS • III – GOVERNMENT • IMPLEMENTATION • SPEAKERS • MEDIA AND INFORMATION FOCUS • COMMEMORATING SIGNIFICANT DAYS • CONCLUSION

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