Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa
New York, New York, United States
March 8, 1985
6 pages
Mailing to South Africa/Namibia activists. The mailing says we enclose some items of recent occurrence and vital interest. The mailing says the divestment campaign in the USA - and elsewhere - is impacting hard, as you will see from several newspaper items: a new American Association for Trade and Investment created by US multinationals in South Africa; a top-rank conference yesterday in Britain with South African, United Kingdom and American business leaders (plus Rev. Leon Sullivan of the Sullivan Principles note); a special department in the South African Foreign Affairs Ministry - all hurriedly put together because of the efforts - and success - of you, the troops in the field. The...
Mailing to South Africa/Namibia activists. The mailing says we enclose some items of recent occurrence and vital interest. The mailing says the divestment campaign in the USA - and elsewhere - is impacting hard, as you will see from several newspaper items: a new American Association for Trade and Investment created by US multinationals in South Africa; a top-rank conference yesterday in Britain with South African, United Kingdom and American business leaders (plus Rev. Leon Sullivan of the Sullivan Principles note); a special department in the South African Foreign Affairs Ministry - all hurriedly put together because of the efforts - and success - of you, the troops in the field. The mailing says take note that business as usual is the order of the day with multi-national corporations and banks; more and more credit - long-term at that - to the Pretoria regime. The mailing says you can protest the police restrictions in Namibia to Secretary of State George Shultz. The mailing says the 1985 revised edition of Elizabeth Schmidt's ONE STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION will be off the press in two weeks time. The mailing includes SOUTH AFRICA TO REQUIRE POLICE PERMITS FOR VISITORS TO NORTHERN NAMIBIA. HALF OF NAMIBIA'S POPULATION INSOLATED BY NEW RESTRICTIONS. The mailing discusses Citibank, Pastor Abisai Shejavali, the South African Defence Force (SADF), the Multi-Party Conference, the Kudu gas field, Assistant Secretary Chester A. Crocker, negotiations, the South African Police (SAP), Lt. Gen. Gouws, ethnic homelands, Ovamboland, Kavangoland, East Caprivi, Hereroland East, Kaokoland, Angola, and UDI (unilateral declaration of independence). The mailing includes copies of newspaper articles including “U.S. and UK companies study role in South Africa”, Report of $200m overseas loan to SA”, “Citibank spreads its SA wings”, “AMERICANS IN SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCH ANT-DISINVESTMENT CAMPAIGN” (a Telex from the Namibia Communications Centre, London), and “STEVE BISENIUS Batting for SA”.
Episcopal Churchpeople For A Free Southern Africa
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Used by permission of former board members of the Episcopal Churchpeople for a Free Southern Africa.
Elizabeth S. Landis collection, National Archives of Namibia
