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South Africa: President FW de Klerk message to MT (release of Mandela) ["thank you for your prompt reaction to the steps which I announced in my speech... There can surely no longer be any reasonable grounds on which South Africa should continue to be isolated by the international community"] [declassified Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3171 f301 T19/90
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Higher & further education, Industry, Trade, Commonwealth (South Africa), European Union (general), Arts & entertainment, Media, Science & technology, British policy towards South Africa, MT messages to and from world leaders