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The article Pretoria's War on Many Fronts says Pretoria long ago lost the political initiative in southern Africa. Military dominance is now slipping from its grasp. Its 12-year-old war against SWAP0's People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and FAPLA, the armed forces of the People's Republic of Angola, reached heightened intensity over the past three months during the longest running battle since the Pretorian invasion of Angola in 1975. The article Another Theatre of Operations says 'Frank Larsen' turned out to be Viggo Oerbak, a Norwegian national, who, according to London's THE INDEPENDENT, had served sentences for assault, fraud and forgery and had been a member of special forces in Ian Smith's Rhodesia. The article mentions Craig Williamson. The article Given the Political Will is excerpts from a report, 'The Economic Impact of Sanctions against South Africa' prepared for West German churches by the Starnberger Institute, July 1987. The Namibia - The AI-GAMS Declaration is signed by the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Anglican Diocese of Namibia, Methodist Church, South West Africa Peoples Organization, Damara Council, Namibia Christian Democratic Party, NUDO Progressive Party, Namibia Women's Voice, Roman Catholic Church, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Council of Churches In Namibia, South West Africa National Union, Mbanderu Council, Namibia Independence Party, Namibia National Students Organization, Young Women's Christian Association. Namibia - The Phony Constitution is a statement made by Elizabeth S. Landis before the Forth Committee of the United Nations. Contents: Pretoria's War on Many Fronts • Another Theatre of Operations • Given the Political Will • Reactionary Religious Support for Pretoria in the U.S.A. • South African Council of Churches: Position on Sanctions • Namibia - The AI-GAMS Declaration • Namibia - The Phony Constitution • (1) Denial of Namibian territorial integrity • (2) Replacing "Representative Authorities" with a pig-in-a-poke • (3) Limitations on the franchise • (4) Rigging the Constitutional Court • (5) A phony bill of rights • Draft constitution handed to Cabinet • ECSA is approaching its 32nd year of work and witness as part of the worldwide support movement for the liberation of South Africa and of Namibia • From a speech by a representative of the South African youth movement at the African National Congress summit conference, Arusha, Tanzania, 14 December 1987

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