The letter says the involvement of M.J. Reed Jewelers in the marketing of the South African Krugerrand, publicized in your advertisement in the New Gazette on December 4, was a surprise and a disappointment. The system of apartheid in South Africa is the most blatant form of racial oppression in the world today. Sales on the Krugerrand provide the South African regime with a considerable tax revenue and foreign exchange. Both facilitate the purchase of arms and other strategic goods used to maintain the apartheid system. Across the country those concerned with ending racism and oppression inherent in the system have acted to end the sale of the Krugerrand. [Note: a copy of this letter was sent...
The letter says the involvement of M.J. Reed Jewelers in the marketing of the South African Krugerrand, publicized in your advertisement in the New Gazette on December 4, was a surprise and a disappointment. The system of apartheid in South Africa is the most blatant form of racial oppression in the world today. Sales on the Krugerrand provide the South African regime with a considerable tax revenue and foreign exchange. Both facilitate the purchase of arms and other strategic goods used to maintain the apartheid system. Across the country those concerned with ending racism and oppression inherent in the system have acted to end the sale of the Krugerrand. [Note: a copy of this letter was sent to a number of organizations including the Champaign-Urbana Coalition Against Apartheid.]
