Prime Ministerial Private Office files
South Africa: FCO record of conversation (Howe, Pik Botha) [sanctions; Mandela; negotiations; "Botha said that he felt betrayed. He was tempted to think that there was a hidden agenda and that some Europeans... [were] actually resigned to seeing a Marxist government installed in South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Venue: | Pretoria |
| Source: | PREM19/1969 f157 |
| Editorial comments: | Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-1969. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 4pp |
| Themes: | Trade, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Commonwealth (general), Commonwealth (South Africa), European Union (general), British policy towards South Africa, British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign Secretary’s meetings |
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