Reprint of a newspaper article "Quiet Proposal on S. Africa Sanctions" by Saul Friedman. The article says Herman Cohen, the Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, has quietly proposed relaxing trade sanctions against South Africa when Pretoria meets the minimum conditions under the Anti-Apartheid Act, including ending the state of emergency. Cohen reportedly recommended that sanctions be eased to permit importing South African agricultural products, allow new investments by U.S. companies that have remained in South Africa and subscribe to a nondiscrimination code of conduct, and reopen direct air travel between the U.S. and South Africa. The article discusses Congress, the Aspen Institute,...
Reprint of a newspaper article "Quiet Proposal on S. Africa Sanctions" by Saul Friedman. The article says Herman Cohen, the Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, has quietly proposed relaxing trade sanctions against South Africa when Pretoria meets the minimum conditions under the Anti-Apartheid Act, including ending the state of emergency. Cohen reportedly recommended that sanctions be eased to permit importing South African agricultural products, allow new investments by U.S. companies that have remained in South Africa and subscribe to a nondiscrimination code of conduct, and reopen direct air travel between the U.S. and South Africa. The article discusses Congress, the Aspen Institute, President George Bush, President Ronald Reagan, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher, lifting the ban on political parties, Natal province, Secretary of State James A Baker III, F.W. de Klerk, free expression, the Group Areas Act, apartheid laws, good-faith negotiations, the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, and political prisoners.
