The mailing says the Nixon Administration is moving steadily toward increasing U.S. ties and commitments to South Africa and Rhodesia while ignoring Africans committed to change in southern Africa. This shift in policy must be challenged vigorously. Most recently, the White House failed to implement an arranged meeting between President Nixon and Zambian President Kenneth D. Kaunda with the Organization of African Unity delegation who were in the U.S. for the United Nations 25th anniversary celebrations. The mailing says the enclosed memorandum deals with the recent Administration decision to license the sale of aircraft to South Africa and to allow the importation of stockpiled Rhodesian...
The mailing says the Nixon Administration is moving steadily toward increasing U.S. ties and commitments to South Africa and Rhodesia while ignoring Africans committed to change in southern Africa. This shift in policy must be challenged vigorously. Most recently, the White House failed to implement an arranged meeting between President Nixon and Zambian President Kenneth D. Kaunda with the Organization of African Unity delegation who were in the U.S. for the United Nations 25th anniversary celebrations. The mailing says the enclosed memorandum deals with the recent Administration decision to license the sale of aircraft to South Africa and to allow the importation of stockpiled Rhodesian chrome. The mailing notes the U.S. has appointed Texan John Hurd as Ambassador to South Africa, has not only failed to condemn French and proposed British sale of arms to South Africa but has announced the licensing of plane sales, and has moved ahead of the British Conservatives toward a new Rhodesian policy. The U.S. military alliance with and support to Portugal continues. People are urged to write to President Nixon and Secretary of State Rogers, visit their Congressmen, and query candidates. [Note: the enclosure mentioned is available separately on this website with the title "U.S. MOVES TO AID SOUTH AFRICA BY LICENSING SALE OF PLANES."]
