Memorandum sent to members of the Namibia Elections Monitoring Group sent as a mailing. The memorandum says you are all aware of the bloody fighting that has engulfed northern Namibia since the beginning of the United Nations independence plan on April 1; over the past six days some 200 SWAPO guerrillas, South African security personnel and members of the civilian population have reportedly been killed in fierce combat; the scope and severity of the fighting have put the Namibian independence plan in grave jeopardy. The memorandum includes EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF APRIL 1 BATTLE by the Namibia Communications Centre, COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN NAMIBIA PRESS STATEMENT signed by The Right Reverend H....
Memorandum sent to members of the Namibia Elections Monitoring Group sent as a mailing. The memorandum says you are all aware of the bloody fighting that has engulfed northern Namibia since the beginning of the United Nations independence plan on April 1; over the past six days some 200 SWAPO guerrillas, South African security personnel and members of the civilian population have reportedly been killed in fierce combat; the scope and severity of the fighting have put the Namibian independence plan in grave jeopardy. The memorandum includes EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF APRIL 1 BATTLE by the Namibia Communications Centre, COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN NAMIBIA PRESS STATEMENT signed by The Right Reverend H. Frederik, a newspaper article "Namibia border clash demonstrates 'incompetence' of UN peace forces" by David Beresford, and REPORT OF THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTRE INTO HOSTILITIES IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA OVER THE PERIOD 1 - 3 APRIL 1989. The mailing discusses Sam Nujoma, Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar, the Security Council, UNTAG (United Nations Transitional Assistance Group), SNAPO guerrillas, UN Special Representative for Namibia Martti Ahtisaari, Hilifa Mbako, Jekonia Megenomessho. Oshakati State Hospital, Okahenge, Cassiprs armored troop carriers, Endola, Dean Matti Amadhila, Vilho Kamanya, Thomas Nghitukwa, Dudley Viall, Tobias Mbako, Chris Shipanga, John Liebenberg, Heidi von Egidy, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN), SADF (South African Defence Force), UNSCR 435 (1978), Tsumeb, UNHCR, apartheid, UNSCR 623 (1989), PLAN (Peoples Liberation Army of Namibia), the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN),the Joint Monitoring Commission, General Perm Chand, Katatura, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, Koevoet, Mrs. Thatcher, the Human Rights Centre, Jacob Wedenge, Jesiah Wedenge, Ondeshifilwa, Pastor Ndikwakalunga, the Oshakati Security Branch, the South West Africa Police, Colonel Nel, D.F. Smuts, and M.J. Clayton.
