Press release announces a telegram sent by ACOA President William Booth to U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asking him to cancel his planned talks with South African Prime Minister Vorster, in the face of hundreds of blacks being killed and wounded. The ACOA board also issued a national call for demonstrations on the day of the planned meeting, when a demonstration will be held outside the South African Mission to the United Nations. The text of the telegram is included. It urges the U.S. to demand immediate majority rule in South Africa, the end of U.S. business investment in South Africa, and cancellation of the invitation to South Africa to the navel review in the Bicentennial...
Press release announces a telegram sent by ACOA President William Booth to U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asking him to cancel his planned talks with South African Prime Minister Vorster, in the face of hundreds of blacks being killed and wounded. The ACOA board also issued a national call for demonstrations on the day of the planned meeting, when a demonstration will be held outside the South African Mission to the United Nations. The text of the telegram is included. It urges the U.S. to demand immediate majority rule in South Africa, the end of U.S. business investment in South Africa, and cancellation of the invitation to South Africa to the navel review in the Bicentennial activities.
