Records on South Africa

The materials in FOIA 1999-0103-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. FOIA 1999-0103-F material is divided into three primary categories: the Subject File, the Presidential Staff and Office Files, and Vice Presidential Staff and Office Files. Most of the material in the Subject File can be found in CO141, South Africa and TA001, Boycotts-Embargoes. CO141 contains Congressional and constituent correspondence on investment in South Africa, gold and precious metal mining, social 1999-0103-F 1 justice in South Africa, religious freedom in South Africa, and South African sanctions. TA001 contains correspondence from Congress, constituents, civic groups, and religious groups concerning trade sanctions against Japan, Cambodia, South Africa, the Soviet Union, Iraq, China, and Haiti. These materials include letters, executive orders, memoranda, briefing papers, and assorted background material concerning chemical weapons, trade, and nuclear nonproliferation issues. The Presidential Staff and Office Files contains memos, letters, memos of conversation, telcons, and background papers on South Africa including information on the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk, Inkatha, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, and the South African economy. Most of the files specifically relate to preparation for visits by Mandela, de Klerk, and Buthelezi during the critical transition away from apartheid in South Africa from 1989-1992. The Vice Presidential Staff and Office Files contain background information on South Africa as well as biographies of important South African leaders such as P.W. Botha, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, F.W. de Klerk, Dr. Nthanto Motlana, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The materials include intelligence analysis, biographies, policy memoranda, and correspondence between Congress and the Vice President and between the Vice President and his advisors regarding South African sanctions. Read less