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The cover letter of this mailing says the Steering Committee of the Coalition held a two-day meeting in Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend, the notes of which we are sending here. We discussed two main issues. The first was how to build the Coalition to include more groups. Our second focus at the meeting was on what new work on Southern Africa the coalition would undertake. Contents of the Minutes: Present I. Discussion of the Agenda II. Reports on activities of groups Kissinger's Africa trip. Sale of GE nuclear reactor and fuel to South Africa. III. Policy on Observers at steering committee meeting IV. Reports on projects assigned at the February steering committee meeting A. Zimbabwe Bibliography B. Angola World Review C. Telephone Hot-Line D. Tour by representatives of People's Republic of Angola E. Finances F. Problem of equalizing transportation costs V. Proposals that require discussion A. Bringing new groups into the coalition B. Mass action proposal C. Conference D. Newsletter E. Film Clearing House F. Relation to Angola National Co-ordinating Mechanism. G. Next steering committee meeting H. Centralized administration of the coalition and division of responsibilities • The mailing discusses Philadelphia Coalition to Stop Rhodesian and South African Imports; Rosa Seawright; Chicago Committee for the Liberation of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea (CCLAMG) ; Cynthia Schonberger; the Washington Office on Africa (WOA); Ted Lockwood; Anti-Apartheid Movement of the U.S.A. (AAMUSA); Kevin Clark; Southern Africa Liberation Committee, East Lansing (SALC); Jerry Bennett; Freedom Information Service (FIS); Ken Lawrence; American Committee on Africa and Africa Fund (ACOA); Paul Irish; Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa (MACSA); Allan Cooper; United Methodist Women's Division United Methodist Church (UMC); Melba Smith; Committee on Southern Africa Liberation, Syracuse; Diana Ellis; Bay Area Namibia Action Group (BANAG, BA-NAG); Marti Roach; Jerry Silberman; Mike McMurray; Chris Root; Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa (ECSA); the Chicago Angola Support Conference; Black Muslims; Fightback; Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU); the Southern Africa Liberation Committee, Ann Arbor; Patrice Lumumba Coalition; the Philadelphia Coalition for Justice in Angola; National Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with African Liberation, ALSC (African Liberation Support Committee); National Conference of Black Lawyers, Yale-New Haven Southern Africa Solidarity Coalition, ALSC of New Hampshire-Vermont; U.S.-Out-of-Angola Committee of Chicago; MPLA Solidarity Committee; the Communist Labor Party; and the Puerto Rican Socialist Party.

African Activist Archive

[Dear Friends in the Coalition, The Steering Committee of the Coalition held a two-day meeting in Chicago]

Minutes of the May 30, 1976 Steering Committee Meeting of the Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa, in Chicago

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