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South Africa: Foreign Minister Botha letter to co-Chairmen of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group ('possible negotiating concept' proposal) [detail of "four major questions... about the... concept"; "cannot accept that violence should be discontinued only for as long as negotiations take place"; "not interested in negotiation about a transfer of power"] [declassified Feb 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1966 f18
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 5pp
Themes: Commonwealth (general), Commonwealth (South Africa), British policy towards South Africa