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This fundraising mailing builds on the theme that democracy is as sacred in South Africa as it is in the United States, Great Britain, France or West Germany - and injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. TransAfrica's priority in the new year is to win prompt passage of the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1989. The election of George Bush means this is now an uphill fight; he will no doubt oppose the Congress voting for stronger sanctions, despite warnings from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Winnie Mandela, and other South African leaders that tougher economic sanctions are the only remaining path to avoid a civil war. Petitions to President Bush and to Senators are enclosed, which will be presented, along with others from labor unions, religious and civic groups, to the President and the Senate. The 1988 elections added more progressive members to both the House and Senate. The letter also describes launching a Global Sanctions Campaign. TransAfrica will work with anti-apartheid groups in the U.S. and abroad to generate millions of petitions calling for world leaders to impose far tougher sanctions on South Africa and will buy full-paid ads in major newspapers of the four targeted nations to reach millions of citizens in each nation who will call on Mrs. Thatcher, Mr. Kohl and Mr. Mitterrand to impose tougher economic sanctions. The first ad will run in The London Times in January. A recent General Accounting Office report proves the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 is working. During the first nine months of 1987, South Africa's major exports to the U.S. fell by $417 million from the previous year, and U.S. investments in South Africa also dropped considerably. More than half of the US companies operating in South Africa have withdrawn since 1984.

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[Dear Friend of a Free South Africa, As Winnie Mandela makes clear in her enclosed letter to you, unless Great Britain, France, West Germany and the United States all finally impose massive and meaningful global sanctions, …]

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