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Aaron Estis '80, a board member of the Black Students Association, said yesterday Bok's statement is a "rehashing of past arguments" which ignores the case for withdrawal the Corporation supported in previous statements...
...statement is the second in a series of letters expressing a reluctance to have Harvard act, in the words of the latest letter, "as part of a pressure group using the leverage of our purchases, our endowment, and our prestige as a university to push for social and political ends...
...statement then deals with the question of the support of corporate withdrawal from South Africa, which he says would have little effect on apartheid and probably would not set off a chain reaction among institutions supporting withdrawals...
...Corporation said in a statement issued last April that it was not certain whether withdrawal would lead to the end of apartheid or to more restrictions. But the Corporation stated that it would support withdrawal if a company refused to state its policies or refused to implement equitable employment practices and supported the South African government more than it benefited the nation's blacks...
Estis said the points Bok raises against corporate withdrawal represent a "retreat from the Corporation's statement" that withdrawal could in some cases aid black South Africans effectively...