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Agenda of the November 5, 1985 meeting of the Southern Africa Working Group at the United Methodist Building. I. Strategy To Defeat Congressional Bills and Administration Support for South African Backed Contras - H.R. 3472, Claude Pepper's (D-FL) bill to provide $27 million in humanitarian aid to UNITA; H.R. 3609, Mark Siljander's (R-MI) bill to provide $27 million in military assistance to UNITA; H.R. 3598, Bob McCollom's (R-FL) bill to cut U.S. loans, ban trade, and prohibit investment to Angola; Administration Policy Review by CIA, Pentagon and National Security Council pushing for covert military assistance to UNITA; H.R. 3477 / S. 1665, Senator Malcolm Wallop's (R-WY) and Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) bill to provide $10 million in economic and military assistance to anti-Mozambique rebels. Staff from the House and Senate Foreign Affairs Committee's will review and analyze the situation in Congress; II. Strategy on Congressman Ted Weis's (D-NY) bill to stop U.S. intervention in Angola; III. Strategy on Pat Schroeder's Namibia Legislation, H.R. 2567 - with Maureen Maxwell of Rep. Schroeder's staff; IV. Strategy to Support for the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, with a report on the deepening crisis and stepped-up repression.

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Southern Africa Working Group Agenda

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