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South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (the future of South Africa & the necessary conditions for dialogue) [opening address to Parliament; legislative change; sanctions; suspension of violence as a condition of power-sharing; Angola; Mozambique] [declassified Feb 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1965 f156 T14A/86
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 30pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Africa), Foreign policy (International organizations), Commonwealth (general), Commonwealth (South Africa), British policy towards South Africa, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, MT messages to and from world leaders