Cover letter sent with the October issue of the newsletter Dateline: Namibia. The mailing says on November 7-11, thousands of Namibians will go to the polls in United Nations supervised elections to end 70 years of South African colonial rule and set the country on the road to independence; unless effective measures are taken to make the United Nations independence plan fully operative, the Namibian elections are unlikely to be either free or fair. The mailing asks people to write to President Bush and urge him to speak out publicly against South Africa's violations of the U.N. independence plan. The mailing discusses Under Secretary of State for Africa Herman Cohen, SWAPO, and the Bush...
Cover letter sent with the October issue of the newsletter Dateline: Namibia. The mailing says on November 7-11, thousands of Namibians will go to the polls in United Nations supervised elections to end 70 years of South African colonial rule and set the country on the road to independence; unless effective measures are taken to make the United Nations independence plan fully operative, the Namibian elections are unlikely to be either free or fair. The mailing asks people to write to President Bush and urge him to speak out publicly against South Africa's violations of the U.N. independence plan. The mailing discusses Under Secretary of State for Africa Herman Cohen, SWAPO, and the Bush Administration. [Note: the issue of Dateline: Namibia is available on this website.]
