The document notes that the Executive Order omitted important language from the Conference Report, so that very moderate but important bi-partisan congressional sanctions legislation has been turned into weak and ineffective measures on the South African government. The Executive Order prohibits bank loans to South Africa's public sector, but a loophole allows the Secretary of the Treasury to waive the ban. The Executive Order bans computer exports to security related or "apartheid enforcing agencies," and makes significant exceptions to the ban on nuclear exports to South Africa. The Order also contains a number of objectionable provisions which the Washington Office on Africa opposed in the...
The document notes that the Executive Order omitted important language from the Conference Report, so that very moderate but important bi-partisan congressional sanctions legislation has been turned into weak and ineffective measures on the South African government. The Executive Order prohibits bank loans to South Africa's public sector, but a loophole allows the Secretary of the Treasury to waive the ban. The Executive Order bans computer exports to security related or "apartheid enforcing agencies," and makes significant exceptions to the ban on nuclear exports to South Africa. The Order also contains a number of objectionable provisions which the Washington Office on Africa opposed in the Conference Report, as well. These include the Sullivan Principles and a number of so-called "aid" to Blacks provisions. The document mentions Senator Richard Lugar, Senator Bob Dole, the Secretary of State, 90 member nations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Krugerrands, an end-user verification system, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), use of U.S. technicians in South Africa, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, scholarships for students disadvantaged by apartheid, assistance to businesses 50% owned by "disadvantaged" South Africans, and legal assistance to South Africans through the Human Rights Fund.
