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CONIDENTIAL 20344

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TO IMMEDIATE MAPUTO TvrEGRAM NUMBER 159 0 ,F 18 MAY,' INFO CAPE TOWN, SAVING VISIT 1.

WASHINGTON,

BY SOUTH

GRATEFUL

AFRICAN

NEW

YORK,

THE

TONDON

HAS

SOUTH

HIS FORTHCOMING OF THE

INFORMED

AFRICAN

VISIT

LISBON

FOLLOWING

MACHEE YOUR

PRIME

OFFICIALS

FROM

OF OUR DECISION

TO THE

RECALLING

UK LURING

OUR DISCUSSION IN I ',HOULD

T THOUGHT

AFRICA,

TO EXPLAIN

MESSAGE

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

MINISTER

OF. SOUTHERN

TO YOU

TO THE UK

THE

TO EUROPE.

PROBLEMS

PERSONALLY

MINISTER

DELIVER

TO PRESIDENT

QUOTE OUR EMBASSY TO INVITE

PRIME

IF YOU WOULD

THE PRIME MINISTER

WRTTE

UKMIS

TO LUANDA

THE REASONS

FOR THIS

DECISION. THERE ME:TS

HAVE

RECENTLY

IN SOUTHERN

BEEN

AFRICA.

A NUMBER

OF ENCOURAGING

THE NKOMATI

ACCORD

HOLDS

NCT ONLY FOR MOZAMBIQUE

BUT FOR ALI THE REGION.

OF SOUTH

FROM

PLETE.

AFRICAN BUT MUCH

STABILTTY

TO ENCOURAGE

SOUTH

MEANTNGFUL ACHIEVE

REMAINS

AFRICA

CHANGE.

THESE

AIMS

SINCE MR BOTHA 1=:-.EMED WRONG

MENTIONED

AND

ANGOLA IF THESE

OUT

HOPE

THE WTTH-RAWAL

IS NEARLY

COM-

NEW PROSPECTS

OF

ARE TO BE REALISED. SOUTH

AFRICA

TO WORK

ITSELF,

WE CONTINUE

WE HAVE

ALWAYS

IS THROUGH INTENDED

NOT TO TAKE

1-TALLPUT CLEARLY

SOUTHERN

TO. BE DONE

FOR THE REGTON

WE WISH WTTHIN

FORCES

DEVELOP-

BELT Ell7-)TEAT

CONTACT

TO VISIT

DO SO WITH

VISIT

HERE

FOR

DIRECTTON. SIGNS

OF

THE ONLY

WAY TO

AND DIALOGUE. EUROPE

THE OPPORTUNITY

TO HIM OUR VIEWS

sHALL

IN THIS

TO LOOK

IN ANY CASE,

TO TALK

ON TH7 TSSUS

OUR OWN

EXCHANGES

TO HIM.

IT I

I HAVE CLEARLY

IN

I HAVE

MADE

HIND. MR BOTEA'S CTEAR ALREADY APPROVAL

WILL

IN PARLIAMENT

OF SOUTH

AFRICA'S

BE A WORKING

THAT

ONE.

IT IN NO WAY CONSTTTUTES

POLICIES.

BUT

1 CONFIDENTIAL

I HOPE

IT WILL

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CONFIDENTTAL 20344 - I CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER LESSENING OF TENSIONS IN THE REGION.

I

HAVE SPOKEN TO THE PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER AND THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR ABOUT MR BOTHA'S VISIT AND KNOW THAT THEY SHARE MY APPROACH.

MR BOTEA, WHO HAS TRAVELLED LITTLE OUTSIDE

SOUTH AFRICA, WILL THUS BE EXPOSED TO SIMILARLY EX.PRESSED VIEWS BY A NUMBER OF WESTERN GOVERNMENTS. I BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL BE HELPFUL. UNQUOTE. HOWE

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