Letter From The SECRETARY OF The SOUTH AFRICA EMBASSY

BLACK BUZZ NEWS SERVICE
The Ronald B. Saunders Project
The Archives of The National Black Political Caucus
Pittsburgh PA
November 9, 2010

The following is a letter that Ronald B. Saunders, Chariman of The National Black Political Caucus received from the Secretary of the South African Embassy after meeting with a delegation of Caucus members along with the South African Ambassador to the United States, Johnannes Albertus Hermanus.
The National Black Political Caucus met with officials of the South African Government and demanded the following:
1. Release all Political Prisoners being in held in South African jails and prisons.
2.Dismantle Apartheid now
3. Set up a Commission of Reconciliation as soon as possible
4. Cease all joint military Operations with the state of Israel
5. Cease with your joint nuclear weapons program with the state of Israel.
6 Set up and establish a Victims of Apartheid Compensation Fund for the payment of Reparations immediately.
7. Set-up an Assistance Fund for whites who want to leave South Africa.
7a. There should be a comprehensive plan for the redistribution of all the stolen land to all the indigenous natives living under the cloak, and brutality of Apartheid.
8. We made it clear that we support all groups in South Africa that advocate for the total destruction of Apartheid by any and all means necessary, and for the dismantling of the racist regimes in Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein.
9. That we support all world-wide Sanctions
and Disinvestments against SouthAfrica.
10. We reminded the South African Ambassador that South Africa exported $ 1.97 Billion in goods to the United States in 1986.
11. That his government would not be able to survive 45 days without the complicity of the U.S. and other racially insensitive regimes in Europe and Japan.
Ambassador Hermanus stated that we would advise his superiors of our concerns, but he felt that the President Reagan's policy of Constructive Engagement was the best way to solve the problems of his country, which The National Black Political Caucus vehemently disagreed with him and President Reagan's position on the dismantling of Apartheid.

EMBASSY OF SOUTH AFRICA
3051 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE N.W.
WASHINGTON D.C. 20008
January 12, 1987

Mr. Ronald B. Saunders
The National Black
Political Caucus
Pittsburgh PA 15230

Dear Mr. Saunders

Oliver Tambo, the President of the African National Congress (ANC), is scheduled to visit the United States later this month. His itinerary includes:
* An address sponsored jointly by The Foreign Policy Association and the African-American Institute in New York City on January 22nd;
* delivery of the Keynote address to the 75th Anniversary Celebration for the ANC that will be held at the All Souls Church, Washington, D.C. on January 24th;
* a speech at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Washington D.C. on January 25th;
* a meeting with Secretary of State George Shultz;
and
* visits to Chicago and California.
Because of your interest in the ANC and its efforts to bring about a Marxist totalitarian state in South Africa through violent revolution, I thought that you would find the enclosed materials useful.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you desire additional information.

Sincerely
Farrie Marais
SECRETARY OF EMBASSY

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