Word: perkinses
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Midnight had arrived and most of the dinner guests were gone, but on the & terrace of a beige stucco mansion in Johannesburg, a dozen black men and women lingered over coffee and liqueurs, their chairs tightly ringing the table. They spoke with obvious emotion and leaned forward to hear the...
President Reagan appointed Perkins last September, and at the time blacks in both the U.S. and South Africa criticized the action as a symbolic step that was no more than an Administration attempt to sidetrack demands for tougher measures against Pretoria. Five months later Perkins, 58, is still trying to...
When he arrived in South Africa, Perkins, a career Foreign Service officer who had previously been Ambassador to Liberia, set out immediately to meet the country's black community. He still attends largely white diplomatic dinner parties, but more often he heads to grimy offices in Soweto or a spartan...
Perkins, football-player big and distinguished looking, has an immobile face that strikes many as stern. He says little but asks pointed questions. His interlocutors say that what impresses them most is his intensity. In his new post, Perkins has had unreported talks with dozens of black leaders, including Albertina...
At first the meetings were tense. Even moderate black newspapers like the Sowetan had denounced Perkins for accepting a "racist" appointment based on the color of his skin. A U.D.F. spokesman had said that Perkins should have turned down the job, adding that he would be "most unwelcome" in South...