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...gram of photography of vast areas of South Africa, including some of our most sensitive installations." Botha's disclosures seemed designed both to embarrass the Carter Administration at a time when the U.S. is pressing South Africa to accept a United Nations plan for the inde pendence of Namibia, and to deflect attention from his scandal-ridden government at home...
Moose said the greatest U.S. leverage at this point lies in convincing the South African government that a settlement in Namibia is in its own interest. With a Namibian settlement, Moose said, the South Africans can be assured that "at least on that border they aren't going to be faced with a growing military confrontation, and these won't be the spillover effect of that into South Africa itself...
Despite some analysts predictions that SWAPO is the dominant party in Namibia, Moose said that a coalition government will probably result from a "genuinely free election...
...same time, when the South Africans do play a constructive role as they have at various times with regard to Namibia, I think we can't fail to give some recognition to that fact," he said, adding "that doesn't mean that they are relieved of any expectation on our part that they have to improve their internal situation...
Moose said last week that the outcome of the Namibia settlement may have an "important bearing" on a U.S. decision to recognize Angola. He said the U.S. is pleased with the Angolans for their effort to get a settlement in Namibia, but he cautioned that Angolan help in achieving a settlement in Namibia is not a condition of recognition...