[Dear Representative: Recent investigations by South African journalists reveal that President Bush’s premature termination of South African sanctions …]
[Dear Representative: Recent investigations by South African journalists reveal that President Bush’s premature termination of South African sanctions …]
The correspondence says investigations by South African journalists reveal that President Bush's premature termination of South African sanctions has played into Pretoria's hands. In his eagerness to repeal sanctions and reward the ostensibly reformist apartheid regime, President Bush certified that the South African government had fulfilled the conditions in Section 311 of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. The letter lays out facts in South Africa that show that conditions for lifting U.S. sanctions have not been met. South African military has been deeply involved in orchestrating political violence in Black townships. The South African government financed two Inkatha rallies...
The correspondence says investigations by South African journalists reveal that President Bush's premature termination of South African sanctions has played into Pretoria's hands. In his eagerness to repeal sanctions and reward the ostensibly reformist apartheid regime, President Bush certified that the South African government had fulfilled the conditions in Section 311 of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. The letter lays out facts in South Africa that show that conditions for lifting U.S. sanctions have not been met. South African military has been deeply involved in orchestrating political violence in Black townships. The South African government financed two Inkatha rallies when the African National Congress was unbanned and paid over $500,000 to the United Workers Union of South Africa (UWUSA). At least 800 political prisoners are still being held, 284 of whom the South African government acknowledges as political prisoners. Nor are all South Africans yet free to "participate in the political process." Security legislation continues to be used to detain and silence political activists and to disrupt political organizations. The letter is accompanied by statements of national organizations that advocate continuing sanctions. These include NCNW OBJECTS TO PREMATURE LIFTING OF SANCTIONS ON SOUTH AFRICA by the National Council of Jewish Women; letter by Gwendolyn Calvert Baker and Questions Often Asked About Sanctions Against South Africa by YWCA of the U.S.A.; letter by Rabbi Lynne Landsberg, Religious Action Center of Reformed Judaism; a press RELEASE SACBC STATEMENT ON REVELATIONS OF FUNDING ON INKATHA AND ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING SADF PERSONNEL IN VIOLENCE AND MURDER, Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference; COMMENT ON SOUTH AFRICAN SANCTIONS, United States Catholic Conference; letter from Joan Brown Campbell, National Council of Churches of Christ of the U.S.A.; letter from Herbert W. Chilstrom, Evangelical Church in America; and a press release, "NJCRAC Calls Bush Decision on Sanctions Premature," National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council. [Note: Also, included with the correspondence was ICCR DELEGATION TO SOUTH AFRICA July 2 - 14, 1991 which is on the AAAP website.]
