MIDDLE EAST/ AFRICA BRIEF (DELETED) FOR 26 AUGUST 1985.

Created: 8/26/1985

OCR scan of the original document, errors are possible

trox: ras. contents

south africa: another protest

4 .

in brie'

SEQRET

I. SOUTH AFRICA: ANOTHER PROTEST

//PRETORIACES A MAijjQB SHOWDOWN; NONVHI TC ACTIVISTS HAVE SAID THEY WILL PROCEED ON WEDNESDAY WITH AN ILLEGAL mW/mV'

//MORE THANENIOR MEMOIRS OF THE MULTIRACIAL UNITED EMOCRATU 'RON! HAVE OEEN ARKh STED ffi: KlWINl, A CAlL BY RFVLRISH ALLAN BOESAK.OLORED SPOKESMAN FOR THE FRONT. FOR NQNWHITES TO PRESS THE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASEED AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS IEAOER NELSON MANDELA. BOESAK. WHO HAS GONE INTO HIDING. HAS SAID HE WILL O A MASS MARCH ON POLISMOOR PRISON NEAR CAPE TOWN. WHERE VftNDELA IS BEING HELD. PRETORIA HAS WARNED THAT IT WOULO TAKE STRONG ACTION TO PRIVLNT IHE MARCH.//

//MEANWHILE . CONTINUED UNREST OVER* IHE PAST WEEK HAS LED AREAS TO EVENING CURFEWS. HOUSE-TO-MOUSE SEARCHES. AND THE POSSESSION OF GASOLINE. OFTEN USED IN HOMEMADE BOMBS. FORCING YOUTHS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL IN AN EFFORT TO END SCHOOl BOYCOTTS.

BANNED RALLIES IN fHANSVAAL PROVINCE PfCIfO 10 MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE LAST bm

HE FRONT. WHICH REPRESENTSRGANIZATIONS MAY TRY TO CARRY OUT THE MARCH ANO ADDITIONAL ACTS OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY DESPITE THE CRACKOOWN ON ITS LEADERS. PRETORIA UNDOUBTEDLY WILL ARREST-BOESAK If-HE ATTEMPTS TO LEAD THE MARCH ANO WILL OEAL FIRMLY WITH ANY PROTESTERS WHO DEFY THE GOVERNMENT'S WARNINGS. PRETORIA MIGHT EVEN USE AN OUTBREAK OF VIOLINCE ON WEDNESDAY TO JUSTIFY BANNING THE FRONT // "mm***

b(3)

b(3)

)

b(3)

g

0

. t.

g

M

E

s S

g I

secret

10T:

UG 85

S. IN BRIEFS

MIDDLE

EBANESE HIZBALLAH 1EADERSNE-WEEK VISIT AN YESTERDAY . . . HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS SUGGEST THOROUGH REVIEW OF TEHRAN'S POLICY ON LEBANON AND HIZBALLAH'S RELATIONS WITH OTHER GROUPS IN LEBANON, ESPECIALLY WITH NIBAH BARRl'S AMALH

I

N G

D(3J

Original document.

---

---