Speaker. a recent review of events. including United States and South African diplomatic initiatives. was provided by a witness before a joint hearing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittees on Africa and International Economic Policy and Trade. These events. which I will cite in part. clearly reveal a pattern of South African recalcitrance and U.S. acquiesence: January 1981: After the inauguration of President Reagan. the new administration places U.S.-southern Africa policy under review. Shortly thereafter. President Reagan terms South Africa a friendly country and ally. South African commandos invade Mozambique. killing 12 South African refugees. March 1981: Five senior South African military officers enter the United States under false pretenses and meet with National Security Council and Defense Department personnel. One meets with UN Ambassador Kirkpatrick. violating a longstanding U.S. policy against such contacts.
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