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Woods escaped from South Africa by dying his hair and donning a false mustache, and hitchhiking 180 miles to Lesotho. He met his wife and family there, and flew with them to England...
...serious, if lesser, loss of trade. But dozens of smaller countries closer to South Africa would also be affected. Gabon, for instance, buys meat from South Africa; Zambia buys everything from mining equipment to canned goods. Alternative markets are distant-and thus more expensive. At least four U.N. members -Lesotho, Botswana, Swaziland and Mozambique-are heavily dependent on neighboring South Africa not only for trade but for communication...
...world not to judge South Africa by a double standard, but by the facts. Can anybody blame me for not taking notice of decisions at the U.N. where South Africa is condemned? Britain, the U.S. and France have just meekly and mildly accepted a false accusation from [neighboring] Lesotho that South Africa closed three border posts. The fact is that the West is not prepared to speak up when the Afro-Asians make their accusations. They needn't prove a damn thing, but everybody accepts...
What had made him reconsider his earlier decision to decline the U.N. post? "My attitude changed while I was at a conference in Lesotho earlier this month with representatives of about 27 African nations. Everywhere there was such a great expectation about the new Administration that I seemed to realize there was a unique opportunity in foreign affairs right...
...still hoping that conservative regimes in Taiwan, Paraguay, Malawi, Rhodesia and perhaps Ivory Coast may send delegations-but that will be about all. Even his nearest neighbors are shunning him. Swaziland says it will "continue to recognize the Transkei as a region of South Africa and nothing more," and Lesotho (which is surrounded by South Africa but, like Swaziland, was never part of it) has decided that the Transkei does not appear to "meet the requirements" of an independent state. Even the pretty black Miss Transkei has been ruled ineligible for the Miss World contest...