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...until Congress threatened to cut off aid and preempt Reagan, did he even threaten sanctions against Marcos. If there is a Reagan doctrine, it is certainly not active intervention to support the development of democratic regimes...
Anxious to establish the internships quickly, the committee charged by President Derek C. Bok to establish the program failed to realize the implications of the internship idea in South Africa. By rushing the program to preempt the activities of divestment activists this spring, the committee, chaired by Steiner, neglected to consult with Black South African leaders or to adequately research prospective internships. The committee also failed to take into consideration harsh criticism of the program by Black South Africans at Harvard and offered a tentative list of internships at nine institutions which would provide little or no benefit to Blacks...
...SASC members are still asking why there wasa need to set up the the undertaking so quicklythis year when organizational difficulties plaguedthe undertaking. The partisan student activistsanswer their own question: it was an urgent efforton the part of the University to quickly justifyits investments in South Africa and to preempt astrong spring divestment protest season...
...REASONS FOR the University's unfortunate and premature commencement of the internship program become clear when you consider the traditional timing of divestment protests on campus. What better way to preempt spring protests than to implement a program to give students the opportunity to practice what they preach. When bombarded this coming spring with indignant slogans, Harvard administrators will be able to say: We're doing something concrete while you're just waving signs--if you really want to do something, why don't you sign up for internships...
...despite Steiner's claim, many University secretaries interviewed yesterday said they thought UAW pressure did preempt the new dental plan...