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The leaflet says in November 1986, the UH Regents adopted a policy of full divestment of South Africa linked stock; in implementing this policy, however, the regents are not divesting coca cola stock. The leaflet says Coca-Cola is simply engaged in a corporate shell game which will keep its profits flowing while providing the racist apartheid regime with tax revenue from the continued sale of coke products in S. Africa which account for 79% of the soft-drink market. The leaflet says the UH community which successfully forced the regents' formal commitment to full divestment must again apply pressure to assure that Coca-Cola stock is unloaded. The leaflet says a partial list of Coca-Cola boycott endorsers include American Friends Service Committee, American Committee on Africa, Fellowship of Reconciliation, AFSCME, Hawaii Committee for Africa, National Lawyers Guild, Coalition for Divestment-Hawaii. • THIS EXCLUSION IS UNJUSTIFIED SINCE COCA-COLA IS NOT PULLING OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA • WHAT EXACTLY HAS COCA-COLA ANNOUNCED and WHAT DOES IT PLAN TO DO? • EVEN WHEN IT DOES, THE TRANSFER WILL NOT END COCA -COLA' S PROFITS FROM and SUPPORT OF APARTHEID • THE OWNERSHIP OF SHARES IN THE COMPANY BY A SMALL NUMBER OF BLACK BUSINESSMEN (likely with white backing) WILL NOT CHANGE THIS RELATIONSHIP • COCA-COLA IS BEING TARGETED FOR A NATIONAL BOYCOTT CAMPAIGN DUE TO ITS CONTINUED TIES TO THE APARTHEID SYSTEM. IF THE UH REGENTS TRULY OPPOSE THE RACIST APARTHEID GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA, THEY WOULD JOIN THIS BOYCOTT AND DIVEST COCA-COLA STOCK IMMEDIATELY

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Coca-Cola in South Africa

THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MUST DIVEST ITS COCA-COLA STOCK NOW!

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