SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES IN WASH., DC LIKELY TO DEVELOP A CONCERN FOR US POLICY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

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Creator

Committee of Returned Volunteers/New York

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

February 1967

Type of Item

Report

Length/duration

3 pages

Description

This document was apparently mailed with the document on this website with the title [Dear Returnee, The Africa working committee of the still-unnamed "Returnees Association" is focusing on Southern Africa issues] dated February 20, 1967. It is a list of members of Congress to write in support of sanctions against Rhodesia. It indicates which are priority Congressman, a member of the House subcommittee on Africa, is very much aware of Southern African issues, and wrote a letter to the President urging the cancellation of the USS FD Roosevelt stop in Capetown [Cape Town] which would have subjected 200 Negro servicemen to apartheid. [Note: This document was written just as the Committee...

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Organization

Committee of Returned Volunteers

Coverage Africa

Southern Africa
Zimbabwe

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of the Committee of Returned Volunteers.

Collection

Robert E. Maurer Papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections