Action Alert reports that Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) introduced S 1474 on July 8 to prevent any further aid to the UNITA rebels without full Congressional debate. The bill is very similar to the amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Bill offered in committee by Rep. Lee Hamilton in the House in September 1986. Passage of this bill could be the first legislative step towards ending all aid to UNITA. People are asked to write to the leadership and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as well as to write their own Senators to tell them they oppose U.S. military aid to the South African-back UNITA rebels and the de facto military alliance with South Africa created by aiding...
Action Alert reports that Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) introduced S 1474 on July 8 to prevent any further aid to the UNITA rebels without full Congressional debate. The bill is very similar to the amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Bill offered in committee by Rep. Lee Hamilton in the House in September 1986. Passage of this bill could be the first legislative step towards ending all aid to UNITA. People are asked to write to the leadership and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as well as to write their own Senators to tell them they oppose U.S. military aid to the South African-back UNITA rebels and the de facto military alliance with South Africa created by aiding UNITA. The Action Alert discusses conservatives, the Clark Amendment, the Reagan Administration, military or paramilitary operations, national security, the now-defeated DeConcini amendment, trade sanctions, South Africa's continued illegal occupation of Namibia, U.S. policy, food aid, UNICEF, Senator Claiborne Pell, Senator Paul Simon, the Subcommittee on Africa, and the Anti-Apartheid Action Hotline. • BACKGROUND • CONTENT • ANALYSIS • WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PASS S1474
