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...Prime Minister John Vorster...
...extent to which America is willing to disassociate itself from South Africa remains unclear. In the 1969 National Security Council review of American policy in Africa, the U.S. based its future policy on close cooperation with Prime Minister Vorster's apartheid regime. The U.S. is deeply involved in the South African economy. American investments amount to at least $1.6 billion, and American sales in South Africa were up to $1.1 billion in 1974. American corporations such as IBM, Polaroid and Boeing are mainstays of the South African police state, providing military and administrative devices for repression. General Electric applied last...
GIVEN, the scale of immediate American interests in South Africa, and past cooperation of the U.S. with Vorster--as in the Angolan civil war--it seems unlikely that Kissinger's recent policy statements signal a genuine commitment to black majority rule in South Africa. If black nations are to view Kissinger's new policy as more than a tactical maneuver, the U.S. must fully repudiate Vorster's regime. The U.S. government should force corporations to withdraw from South Africa, and to comply with international sanctions. It should also exert diplomatic pressure on the Vorster government to abandon its minority rule...
South Africa, too, was aroused over the murder of its nationals. Prime Minister John Vorster, who has been urging Smith to negotiate a settlement on black majority rule, warned the terrorists not to go too far. Killing innocent tourists, he said, "can only unleash forces which could have far-reaching effects." Increasingly, South Africans were worried about the growing Rhodesian crisis. Editorialized Johannesburg's Rand Daily Mail: "Having let slip one chance after another of reaching an accommodation with more moderate black leaders, Rhodesia's whites seem to have made the tragic choice of facing black nationalism over...
...what the strange new relationship would do to their image. South Africa was suspended from the United Nations General Assembly in 1974 for apartheid; Arab members last year attempted to punish Israel in similar fashion by equating apartheid and other forms of racism with Zionism. In the wake of Vorster's visit, renewed efforts are almost certain. Said a U.S. analyst specializing in Israeli affairs: "It's only grist for the Zionism-racist mill...