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The letter expresses the views of over 400 people from the greater Lansing, Michigan area who, although they were unable to go to Washington to protest our government's policies in Central America and South Africa, express their support of the Peace and Justice March and strongly disagree with current government policies. The letter says the U.S. government is escalating its terrorism and war against the people and government of Nicaragua through CIA-directed contra forces. The government also continues to support the South African apartheid government by refusing to impose effective sanctions; it continues to provide intelligence information to South Africa's military and security forces even as those forces repress and torture people, including church, trade union, United Democratic Front and student leaders. It also supports South Africa's economic strangulation of its neighbors by refusing to provide those countries with aid, even cutting off aid to Zimbabwe for criticizing U.S. policy. The U.S. government has allied itself with South Africa in its war against Angola by providing military aid to the UNITA rebels. [Note: the petitions sent with the letter are not part of this PDF.]

African Activist Archive

[Dear President Reagan: Enclosed please find the signatures of over four hundred people ...]

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