FREE NAMIBIA!

Contents: Letter of Introduction from Washington Office on Africa Board of Directors • Agenda of Briefing • Namibia Briefing Speakers • House Resolution 131 • Apartheid Extended: South Africa's Illegal Occupation of Namibia • Everyday acts of terrorism in Namibia • Text of UN Resolution 435 • Text of UN Decree No. 1 • Summary of UN Secretary-General's Report on Efforts to Implement UN Resolution 435 • Text of UN Resolution 566 • Letter from President Dos Santos of Angola to the UN Secretary-General on Angolan position on Namibia • Final Declaration from May, 1987 Special Session on Namibia in Luanda, Angola • New York Times, June 21, 1987 article • New York Times, June 28, 1987 article • New York Times, June 29, 1987 article • Pages 1, 2, 7 and 8 from Washington Office on Africa Educational Fund's "Free Namibia" packet. Form to order additional complete packet follows • Pamphlet and program given out at a congressional briefing on "U.S. Foreign Police and South Africa's Illegal Occupation of Namibia" presented by the Africa Subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Houser of Representatives, the Congressional Ad Hoc Monitoring Group on Southern Africa, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Washington Office on Africa. Speakers listed include Damu Smith, Executive Director of the Washington Office on Africa (WOA), Congressman Mervyn Dymally, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; Congressman Howard Wolpe, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Africa; Bishop Harold Jansen, Bishop for the American Lutheran Church district covering the Northeastern U.S.; Elizabeth Landis, former Senior Political Office for the United National Commissioner for Namibia; Brent Carlson, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and the United Nations Commissioner for Namibia; Helmut Angula, SWAPO Permanent Observer to United Nations; and David Newson, Assistant Dean, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa (1969-1973). The pamphlet reprints newspaper articles including "Namibian's Story: Rebel to Jail to Union Chief" by John D. Battersby, "In Namibia, Bitter War In Decade 3" by John D. Battersby, and "NAMIBIA CHALLENGE FOR SOUTH AFRICA" by John D. Battersby. The pamphlet discusses self-determination, the United Nations Trusteeship System, the International Court of Justice, the South African Defence Force (SADF), the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), the Namibia Communications Centre, Casspirs, Bishop Boniface Haushiku, Fr. Andreas Iyambo, the Koevoet police unit, Decree No. 1 for the protection of the natural resources of Namibia, the Security Council, the General Assembly, the United Nations Council for Namibia, Foreign Minister R.F. Botha, the linking of Namibian independence to irrelevant and extraneous issues. The front-line states, the President Kenneth D. Kaunda of Zambia, Afonso Van Dunem, Martti Ahtisaari, Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, the Non-Aligned Movement, Ambassador von Schirnding, Cuban troops, the United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG), Ambassador Leslie Manley, Sam Nujoma, UNITA, FAPLA, Cabinda, Peter D. Zuze, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the Reagan Administration, the Federal Republic of Germany, development aid, apartheid, sanctions, the International Conference for the Immediate Independence of Namibia, Benjamin Uulenga, the Mineworkers Union of Namibia, black workers, Ovamboland, Ovambos, P.W. Botha, Jonas Savimbi, Gen. Willem C. Meyer, Jamba, Dr. Salomo Amadhila, the South West Africa military, minority rights, the National Party, Dirk Mudge, the African National Congress (ANC), Bantustans, linkage, destabilization, the Western Contact Group, Kassinga, and Katutura.