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South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("UN Security Council: arms embargo on South Africa") ["[Howe] intends to authorise our delegation in New York to vote for the resolution provided the Americans and French also vote in favour"; MT: "we should not do anything to persuade them to vote that way"] [declassified Feb 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1970 f6
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 7pp
Themes: Industry, Trade, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (International organizations), Commonwealth (general), Commonwealth (South Africa), Defence (arms control), British policy towards South Africa, British relations with France, British relations with the US, Charles Powell minutes