Word: klerk
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While no date is set for Mandela's freedom, President F.W. de Klerk is almost certain to let him go within the next few weeks, possibly during the opening session of the South African parliament in early February. Mandela's release could be followed by the unbanning of the African National Congress, the liberation of political detainees and the return of A.N.C. exiles to South Africa, helping prepare the way for a round-table conference to discuss a new constitution that will finally give blacks the vote...
...will depend on the behavior of Mandela and the A.N.C. In its 78th anniversary message from Lusaka last week, the A.N.C. urged an intensification of the armed struggle against the South African government. Privately, however, A.N.C. officials admitted that they had reduced their military operations and that if De Klerk delivered a reasonable package of reforms, they would be prepared to talk about talks...