segunda-feira, 29 de novembro de 2010

The freed of Nelson Mandela - a document from 1990

Another one from http://www.wikileaks.org/. Now, the subject is the release of Nelson Mandela in february, 1990. A little bit of South African history. The document was released in january, 1990.

Below, two links of BBC with news of that days regarding the freed of Mandela. Here and here.

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Mais uma do Wikileaks. Agora falando sobre a libertação de Nelson Mandela em fevereiro de 1990. Bem interessante. Acima, dois links com notícias de 1990 sobre o assunto.

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SUBJ: ESSA MOOSA TALKS ABOUT MANDELA AND OTHER TOPICS




¶1. CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.




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SUMMARY


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¶2. ATTORNEY ESSA MOOSA WHO SPOKE WITH HIM LAST WEEK,


SAYS MANDELA FULLY EXPECTS THAT ON FEBRUARY 2 DE KLERK


WILL ANNOUNCE THE UNBANNING OF THE ANC, PAC AND OTHER


ORGANIZATIONS, THE LIFTING OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY,


THE RETURN OF POLITICAL EXILES TO SOUTH AFRICA, AND THE


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RELEASE OF SEVERAL POLITICAL PRISONERS INCLUDING MANDELA


HIMSELF. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WOULD COME


SWIFTLY AFTER DE KLERK'S SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF


PARLIAMENT.


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¶3. THE SAG IS CONCERNED OVER ANC RELATIONS WITH THE SACP


AND OVER THE WORKING DEFINITION OF "ONE MAN ONE VOTE,"


AMONG OTHER "WHITE FEARS" ISSUES. MANDELA HAS PASSED


DE KLERK'S "PROPOSALS" ON THESE TOPICS TO THE ANC.


THE ORGANIZATION'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT IS WILLING TO


NEGOTIATE EVEN WHILE APARTHEID LAWS REMAIN IN PLACE MAY


BE PART OF THE ANC'S REPLY TO THE SAG.






¶4. TENSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY


REDUCED BY THE SAG'S TACTIC OF OPENING DIALOGUE AND A


COMMITMENT SHARED BY THE MDM TO REDUCE CONFRONTATIONS.


WHILE MAINLY OF BENEFIT TO THE SAG, THIS PERIOD OF CALM


COULD ALSO FAVOR THE ANC'S NEW STRATEGY OF PRAGMATISM.




¶5. RAISING THE PENDING VISIT OF JESSE JACKSON, MOOSA


EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT IT WOULD BE BAD FOR THE STRUGGLE


IF JACKSON ADVOCATED LIFTING SANCTIONS UPON HIS RETURN TO


THE US. END SUMMARY.


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¶6. IN A HALF HOUR CONVERSATION WITH POLECONOFF. ESSA


MOOSA. THE WESTERN CAPE UDF'S LAWYER AND ONE OF THE


ATTORNEYS WHO MET WITH MANDELA LAST WEEK, MADE THE F0LLOW-


ING REMARKS:

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MANDELA RELEASE WILL BE ANNOUNCED FEBRUARY 2 IN PARLIAMENT


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¶7. MANDELA MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT HE FULLY EXPECTS


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PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK TO MAKE SEVERAL MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS


IN HIS FEBRUARY 2 SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.


DE KLERK WILL ANNOUNCE:




-- THE UNBANNING OF THE ANC, PAC AND OTHER POLITICAL


- ORGANIZATIONS;






-- THE END OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY;






-- THE RETURN OF POLITICAL EXILES TO SOUTH AFRICA;






-- THE RELEASE OF A NUMBER OF POLITICAL PRISONERS,


- INCLUDING NELSON MANDELA.


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¶8. THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT ALL


THE ITEMS LISTED WILL TAKE EFFECT AS OF THE TIME OF THE


SPEECH. BUT FIRM PLANS AND A COMMITMENT TO CARRY THEM OUT


SWIFTLY WILL BE PART OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT.



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WHERE WILL MANDELA BE RELEASED?


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¶9. MOOSA SIDESTEPPED A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE MANDELA'S


HOME BASE WOULD BE UPON HIS RELEASE. HE ONLY REMARKED


THAT MANDELA CAN TELL THE SAG WHERE HE WANTS TO BE


RELEASED AND WHERE HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE WOULD THUS


TAKE PLACE. SENTIMENTALLY, SAID MOOSA, PAARL (WHERE


MANDELA IS NOW IN PRISON) SEEMED TO APPEAL TO MANDELA.


(COMMENT: BUT POLITICALLY AND PRACTICALLY THIS MAKES


LITTLE SENSE. JOHANNESBURG SEEMS BY FAR THE MOST


SUITABLE VENUE. END COMMENT.)


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DE KLERK-ANC COMMUNICATION THROUGH MANDELA


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¶10. WHEN HE MET SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WITH MANDELA, DE KLERK


PROVIDED A SET OF PROPOSALS AND ASKED FOR THE ANC'S


RESPONSE. MANDELA HAS NOT DISCUSSED THOSE PROPOSALS


IN ANY DETAIL WITH PEOPLE HERE (AT LEAST HE DID NOT DO SO


WITH THE LAWYERS' GROUP OF WHICH MOOSA WAS A MEMBER) BUT


HE DID TRANSMIT THEM TO ALFRED NZO AND THABO MBEKI.


MOOSA BELIEVES (PIECING TOGETHER STRAY REMARKS WHERE AND


THERE) THAT THE PROPOSALS RELATED PRINCIPALLY TO THE NEED


TO ALLAY WHITE FEARS. SPECIFICALLY, HE THINKS ONE ISSUE


WAS THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ANC TO THE SACP (SOUTH AFRICAN


COMMUNIST PARTY) AND ANOTHER WAS THE DEFINITION OF ONE MAN


ONE VOTE.



¶11. ASIDE FROM BEING AN EFFORT TO SEIZE THE MORAL HIGH


GROUND BY PUBLICLY DEMONSTRATING FLEXIBILITY, THE ANC'S


RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT IS PREPARED TO NEGOTIATE


EVEN WHILE APARTHEID LAWS LIKE THE GROUP AREAS ACT REMAIN


IN PLACE MAY BE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S REPLY TO DE


KLERK.





¶12. MOOSA UNDERSTANDS MANDELA TO HAVE WORKED OUT A


GAME PLAN FOR "NEXT STEPS" IN A NEGOTIATION WITH DE KLERK


SO AS TO ENSURE THAT HE IS NOT RELEASED FROM PRISON


INTO A VACUUM.




¶13. MANDELA HAS TOLD VARIOUS VISITORS THAT HE HAS A GOOD


OPINION OF DE KLERK AS A SINCERE INDIVIDUAL EVEN THOUGH


HE REGARDS HIM AS STILL THE LEADER OF THE NATIONAL PARTY


AND NOT MORE THAN THAT.




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COMMITMENT ON SAG AND MDM SIDE TO REDUCE CONFRONTATION


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¶14. MOOSA AGREED THAT THE ATMOSPHERE IS MUCH LESS TENSE


THAN EVEN SIX MONTHS AGO. FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR THE


RETURN TO SCHOOL RESULTED IN THE USUAL ACCUSATIONS AND


PHYSICAL CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF


EDUCATION AND TRAINING (DET), AIDED BY THE POLICE,


AND STUDENTS SUPPORTED BY PARENTS, TEACHERS AND THE MDM.


THIS YEAR THERE IS AN EVEN WORSE CRISIS DUE TO LACK OF


SPACE IN BLACK SCHOOLS AND THE FAILURE OF OVER 100,000


STUDENTS TO PASS THEIR "MATRIC EXAMS." YET THERE IS A NEW


SPIRIT OF DIALOGUE AT THE DET AND ACTIVISTS ARE


THEREFORE ABLE TO CHANNEL STUDENT FRUSTRATIONS IN A CON-


STRUCTIVE MANNER.




¶15. THE SAG'S NEW "TACTIC" OF ALLOWING DISSENT AND


ENGAGING IN DIALOGUE INSTEAD OF STONEWALLING "IS WORKING


FOR THEM," MOOSA SAID. HE ACKNOWLEDGED, HOWEVER, THAT IT


COULD ALSO, IF DEALT WITH POSITIVELY, WORK FOR THE MDM


AND ANC. THOUGH AN ABSENCE OF DIRECT CONFRONTATION IS


"DEMOBILIZING FOR THE MASSES," FEWER RAW NERVES AMONG


ACTIVISTS COULD MAKE THEM MORE AMENABLE TO THE ANC'S


INCREASINGLY PRAGMATIC STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH THE SAG.


THAT STRATEGY, MOOSA SAID, IS NOT UNDERSTOOD BY MANY


ACTIVISTS, ESPECIALLY YOUTH, WHO FEAR A SELL-OUT OF THEIR


CAUSE. THERE REMAINS A LOT TO DO TO EXPLAIN THE VIRTUES


OF FLEXIBILITY TO THEM.


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PAC AND BC -- A THORN IN THE SIDE


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¶16. MOOSA DESCRIBED THE CONFERENCE ON A DEMOCRATIC


FUTURE AS "NOT A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE IN COOPERATION."


HE OPINED THAT THE PAC AND BC COULD TURN OUT TO BE A


REAL PROBLEM. HE EXPECTS THEM TO REMAIN ALOOF, SNIPING


AT THE ANC'S POSITIONS FROM THE SIDELINES AND STIRRING


UP YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR.


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JESSE JACKSON VISIT


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¶17. MOOSA INQUIRED ABOUT THE DATES FOR JESSE JACKSON'S


VISIT AND EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT JACKSON HAD MET WITH


THE PRESS AT SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR KOORNHOF'S


RESIDENCE. MOOSA FEARED THAT THE SAG WAS GOING TOO GOOD


A JOB OF CULTIVATING JACKSON AND THAT HE MIGHT RETURN


TO THE US AND ANNOUNCE THAT SANCTIONS SHOULD BE LIFTED.


MOOSA APPEARED TO HAVE GREATER CONFIDENCE IN KOORNHOF'S


PERSUASIVE ABILITY THAN IN THAT OF THE SACC LEADERSHIP


WHICH IS HOSTING THE JACKSON VISIT.



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