Washington Office on Africa
Washington, DC, United States
Undated, early 1973?
4 pages
Contents: EIGHT REASONS WHY WE SUPPORT RE-INSTATING SANCTIONS • EIGHT ACTION SUGGESTIONS • LEGISLATION • BACKGROUND • SWING VOTES IN CONGRESS • REPRESENTATIVES: SENATORS: • 1. Renewing sanctions would support self-determination by the majority in Rhodesia • 2. The U.S. has a treaty obligation to stand by the sanctions program which we co-sponsored in the United Nations • 3. Importing chrome gives overt support to the forces labor system in Rhodesia • 4. Importing Rhodesian ferrochrome has serious detrimental effects on the U.S. ferrochrome industry • 5. Sanction-breaking has only saved a few dollars of cost or gained a few dollars of profit...
Contents: EIGHT REASONS WHY WE SUPPORT RE-INSTATING SANCTIONS • EIGHT ACTION SUGGESTIONS • LEGISLATION • BACKGROUND • SWING VOTES IN CONGRESS • REPRESENTATIVES: SENATORS: • 1. Renewing sanctions would support self-determination by the majority in Rhodesia • 2. The U.S. has a treaty obligation to stand by the sanctions program which we co-sponsored in the United Nations • 3. Importing chrome gives overt support to the forces labor system in Rhodesia • 4. Importing Rhodesian ferrochrome has serious detrimental effects on the U.S. ferrochrome industry • 5. Sanction-breaking has only saved a few dollars of cost or gained a few dollars of profit for U.S. stainless steel companies and for Union Carbide • 6. Sanctions have contributed to the economic and political pressure on the Ian Smith regime • 7. Breaking sanctions puts the U.S. on the side of the white-minority Smith regime • 8. “The future of the African-American relations will be greatly determined by the U.S. policy in matters relating to self-determination in southern Africa.” • Senator Humphrey and Congressman Don Fraser will introduce legislation in May, 1973 to repeal the sanctions-breaking Byrd Amendment. Rhodesia is a breakaway British colony in southern Africa. Brochure in support of repealing the Byrd Amendment. The brochure says for more information contact the Washington Office on Africa or the American Committee on Africa. The brochure includes quotes by Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda; the Congressional Black Caucus; Ian Smith; and Bishop Abel Muzorewa, President, African National Council.
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