[Letter to Members of the House of Representatives urging support for the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Bill (H.R. 121517) with prohibition on EXIM financing for South Africa]

Contributor

Mae Frances Spencer, Paul Kittlaus, Mary Jane Patterson, Robert Alpern, Delton Franz, Jane C. Leiper, George A. Chauncey, Herman Will

Place Created

Washington, DC, United States

Date

May 5, 1978

Type of Item

Correspondence

Length/duration

5 pages

Description

Letter to Congressional Representatives urging them to support the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Bill (H.R. 121517) containing a prohibition on financing for South Africa. The letter notes that the United States is South Africa's largest trading partner and that Export-Import Bank credits for South Africa - indirect loans and guarantees - provide encouragement to that trading relationship. The letter, coordinated by the Washington Office on Africa, was signed by representatives of the Board of Church and Society; the Washington Communications Office, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; the Washington Office, National Council of Churches, U.S.A.; Washington Office, Mennonite Central...

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Organization

Washington Office on Africa

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of the Washington Office on Africa.

Collection

Private collection of David Wiley and Christine Root