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Dear Friends at the End Conscription Campaign:
Thank you for your contribution to the magazine of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation. Enclosed find the latest issue, with your contribution on page 25________.
We appreciate your help very much, and hope that if you have need of more copies of this issue, you will let us know.
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATIONHofvanSonoy 1811 LD Alkmaar The Netherlands Tel. (0)72. 123014
WORLD WITHOUT WAR COUNCIL - MIDWEST421 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE • CHICAGO. ILLINOIS 60605 • (312) 663-4250
Feb. 11, 1987
Board of Directors *
Chairm an Byron Miller
Regional Director,Middle East,
A T. Kearney, Inc.David Ader, Attorney,
Ancei, Giink, Diamond, Murphy & Cope Jack Bishop
Principal, Bishop Associates Rev. Carol Cory, Minister, Ashburn United Methodist
Church, Chicago Gautam Ghosh, Legal
Assistant, Jenner & Block David Hardin, Producer, Chicago Sunday Evening
Club (WTTW)Robin Lovln, Professor,
Divinity School, University of Chicago
Lewis Manilow, Attorney, Manilow and Associates
Dennis McCann, Professor, Theology, DePaul University
Sherry Mlnert Director, Community Service
Management Program, Roosevelt University
Karen Minnice, Coordinator, Office of International
Programs, University of Illinois at Chicago
Herb Neil, President, Financial and Economic
Strategy Corporation Tamara L. Nelson
Director of Development, YWCA
Charles Okolie International Lawyer
U.N. Consultant William Redlich, President.
Eagle Sheet Metal (ret.) Fred A. Replogle, Partner, Rohrer, Hibler & Replogle Rev. C. Theodore Roos
Minister, Winnetka Congregational Church
Kale Williams Executive Director, Leadership
Council for Metropolitan Open Communities Katherine Woods
Refugee Resettlement ProgramD irec to r
Robert Woito
David Shandler National Secretary End Conscription Campaign 227/9 Khotso House 42 DeVilliers St.Johannesburg 2001, South Africa
Dear David:
We have decided to be an American sponsor for your organization, the End Conscription Campaign. We are a non-governmental organization dedicated to the non-violent resolution of conflict: to a world without war.We have enclosed some of our literature to give you a better feel for our organization and its values.
We have read your literature which you supplied to Project South Africa, and are impressed by its high quality, by the democratic and non-violent values guiding your work, and by the effectiveness of your organization.
Enclosed is a check that we hope will help support your work. We raised funds for your organization and for the Project through a mailing to our supporters. Use our contribution as you wish; we hope it will cover the cost of us receiving your newsletter, as well as of us receiving any additional publications which you feel an American audience would benefit from reading. In addition to passing on any additional funds we may receive for your work, we will publicize your organization in our newsletter. We are not a wealthy group, but we are energetic and we look forward to corresponding with you regarding additional ways in which our similar work may be enhanced.
We are particularly concerned and troubled by the possibility that members and staff of your organization may currently be detained. We would like to know as soon as possible if this is in fact the case, so that we could write the appropriate authorities to express our concern over such action. If you could give us the names and addresses of such authorities, as well as the addresses o of periodicals or press associations to whom we could send copies of our letters of concern, and let us know of any additional ways in which we could help, we would be happy to oblige.
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Our Starting Point:
The Alternatives to
Our Approach:
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WORLD WITHOUT WAR COUNCIL - MIDWEST421 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60605 • (312) 663-4250
While conflict is inevitable, war need not be. War, the resort to mass violence to resolve international conflict, is a human institution; as such, it can be changed. Ending war will happen only when credible alternatives are available and functioning. The development of these alternatives — legal and political institutions to resolve conflict and defend democratic values — is the key to a world without war. 0
War: We believe there are seven requirements for a world without war. They are:• Disarmament universal, general, inspected and enforceable• World Law to protea the peace and resolve international
conflict• World Community to sustain law• Change and Development to promote justice, human dignity, and
political freedom• Agreement Among Nations the key to achieving the four requirements
above• Forcing Change W ithout getting agreement while defending our core
Violence political and moral values• Root Values to provide the moral ground from which all
_ the rest can occurHistory suggests that neither militarism nor utopianism have worked as methods to gain and protea the peace. Consequently, a strategy is needed that is realistic in its assessment of the harsh faaors of the modern world, and idealistic in its search for better answers. Our approach is therefore oriented towards the development of a peace strategy that is sober and hopeful in analyzing our world. 0The development and implementation of alternatives to war requires agreement among nations. Gaining that agreement starts at home. The United States, by virtue of its power and wealth, religious and political traditions, can play a key role in international conflia resolution. Our work is therefore focused on how America can lead in developing alternatives to war. 0W e work in two primary ways to develop an American peace strategy with broad support throughout society:• Improving American Competence in World Affairs. We a a a s a catalyst and consultant to mainstream organizations in American society. Much of the debate about the U.S. role in the world is shaped and formed in a complex and varied network of public and private organizations and institutions. In a democracy, a better educated public can make better choices about foreign policy issues. Therefore, we work with voluntary organizations, educational institutions, business, labor and the religious communities, helping them improve their address to the problem of war in ways appropriate to their role in society. 0• Influencing Policy. We work with governmental leaders to devise bi-partisan U.S. policies capable of promoting the peaceful resolution of international conflia. This aaivity combines a commitment to demoaatic values with the search for realistic alternatives to war. Additionally, we work to develop policy initiatives that the U.S. could take that, by gaining reciprocal responses from adversaries and allies, would help achieve the peaceful resolution of conflia. 0
UNITED NATIONS E
Economic and Social Council
D i s t r .
L I M I T E D
E / C N . 4 / 1 9 8 7 / L . 7 3
5 M a r c h 1 9 8 7
O r i g i n a l ; E N G L I S H
C O M M I S S I O N O N H U M A N R I G H T S
F o r t y - t h i r d s e s s i o n
Ag e nd a i t em 15
T H E R O L E O F Y O U T H IN T H E P R O M O T I O N A N D P R O T E C T I O N O F H U M A N R I G H T S I N C L U D I N G
T H E Q U E S T I O N O F C O N S C I E N T I O U S O B J E C T I O N S T O M I L I T A R Y S E R V I C E
A u s t r i a , C o s t a R i ca, F r a n c e , I t a l y , N e t h e r l a n d s * , S p a i n * a n d U n i t e d K i n g d o m
o f G r e a t B r i t a i n a n d N o r t h e r n Ireland: d r a f t r e s o l u t i o n
C o n s c i e n t i o u s o b j e c t i o n to m i l i t a r y s e r v i c e
T h e C o m m i s s i o n o n H u m a n R i g h t s ,
R e a f f i r m i n g t h a t all M e m b e r S t a t e s h a v e an o b l i g a t i o n t o p r o m o t e and
p r o t e c t h u m a n r i g h t s a n d f u n d a m e n t a l f r e e d o m s a nd to f u l f i l t h e o b l i g a t i o n s
t h e y h a v e u n d e r t a k e n u n d e r t h e v a r i o u s i n t e r n a t i o n a l h u m a n r i g h t s i n s t r u m e n t s ,
M i n d f u l of a r t i c l e s 3 a n d 18 o f t he U n i v e r s a l D e c l a r a t i o n o f H u m a n
R i g h t s , w h i c h p r o c l a i m the r i g h t t o life, l i b e r t y a n d s e c u r i t y o f p e r s o n and
t he r i g h t to f r e e d o m a n d t h o u g h t , c o n s c i e n c e and r e l i g i o n .
B e a r i n g in m i n d t h a t t he I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o v e n a n t o n C i v i l a n d P o l i t i c a l
R i g h t s r e c o g n i z e s t h a t e v e r y o n e h a s t he right to f r e e d o m o f t h o u g h t ,
c o n s c i e n c e a nd r e l i g i o n .
* In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h r u l e 69, p a r a g r a p h 3, of t he r u l e s o f p r o c e d u r e of
t h e f u n c t i o n a l c o m m i s s i o n s o f t h e E c o n o m i c and S o c i a l C o u n c i l .
G E . 8 7 - 1 1 1 9 9 / 7 4 5 0 E
B e a r i n g in m i n d a l s o G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y r e s o l u t i o n s 3 4 / 1 5 1 o £
17 Decem ber 1979, w h i c h d e s i g n a t e d 1 9 8 5 as I n t e r n a t i o n a l Y o u t h Y e ar:
P a r t i c i p a t i o n , D e v e l o p m e n t , Peace, and 2037 (XX) o f 7 D e c e m b e r 1965, w h i c h
s t a t e s that y o u n g p e o p l e s h a l l be b r o u g h t up w i t h a n u n d e r s t a n d i n g , and in the
s p i r i t , of p e a c e , "justice a n d r e s p e c t for a l l p e r s o n s , a n d 2 4 4 7 (XXIII) of
19 D e c e m b e r 1968,
R e c a l l i n g i t s r e s o l u t i o n 40 (XXXVII) of 12 M a r c h 1 9 8 1 , in w h i c h it
p o i n t e d to t he n e e d for a b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s u n d e r
w h i c h m i l i t a r y s e r v i c e m i g h t be o b i e c t e d to o n t h e g r o u n d s o f c o n s c i e n c e ,
N o t i n g t h e i m p o r t a n t role of y o u t h in t h e p r o m o t i o n o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l
p e a c e and c o - o p e r a t i o n a s w e l l as o f h u m a n r i g h t s a n d f u n d a m e n t a l f r e e d o m s .
R e c a l l i n g G e n e r a A s s e m b l y r e s o l u t i o n 3 3 / 1 6 5 o f 20 D e c e m b e r 1978, in w h i c h
t h e A s s e m b l y r e c o g n i z e d t he r i g h t of all p e r s o n s t o r e f u s e s e r v i c e in m i l i t a r y
o r p o l i c e f o r c e s u s e d to e n f o r c e a p a r t h e j d a n d c a l l e d u p o n M e m b e r S t a t e s to
g r a n t a s y l u m o r s a f e t r a n s i t to a n o t h e r S t a t e , in t h e s p i r i t o f the
D e c l a r a t i o n o n T e r r i t o r i a l A s y l u m , to p e r s o n s c o m p e l l e d t o l e a v e t h e i r c o u n t r y
o f n a t i o n a l i t y s o l e l y b e c a u s e o f a c o n s c i e n t i o u s o b i e c t i o n t o a s s i s t i n g in the
e n f o r c e m e n t o f a p a r t h e id t h r o u g h s e r v i c e in m i l i t a r y o r p o l i c e forces,
E x p r e s s i n g i t s c o n v i c t i o n t hat c o n s i s t e n t a n d s i n c e r e e f f o r t s o n the p a r t
o f a ll S t a t e s a i m e d at t h e d e f i n i t i v e r e m o v a l o f t h e t h r e a t of war , the
p r e s e r v a t i o n o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l peace, the r e a l i z a t i o n of s e l f - d e t e r m i n a t i o n a n d the
d e v e l o p m e n t of i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o - o p e r a t i o n in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t he C h a r t e r of the U n i t e d
N a t ions, w o u l d u l t i m a t e l y r e s u l t in the c r e a t i o n o f c o n d i t i o n s u n d e r w h i c h m i l i t a r y
s e r v i c e w o u l d b e c o m e u n n e c e s s a r y ,
T a k i n g i n t o c o n s i d e r a t i o n its r e s o l u t i o n 1 9 8 4 / 3 3 o f 12 M a r c h 1984 a nd
E c o n o m i c a n d S o c i a l C o u n c i l r e s o l u t i o n 1 9 8 4 / 2 7 o f 24 M a y 1 9 8 4 b y w h i c h it w a s
d e c i d e d to g i v e t h e w i d e s t p o s s i b l e d i s t r i b u t i o n t o t h e r e p o r t p r e p a r e d by
M r . Eid e a n d M r . M u b a n g a - C h i p o y a ( E / C N . 4 / S u b . 2 / 1 9 8 3 / 3 0 ) , w i t h a v i e w to
r e c e i v i n g c o m m e n t s f r o m g o v e r n m e n t s , r e l e v a n t U n i t e d N a t i o n s b o d i e s and
s p e c i a l i z e d a g e n c i e s , o t h e r i n t e r g o v e r n m e n t a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d
n o n - g o v e r n m e n t a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s ,
T a k i n g n o t e o f t h e c o m p r e h e n s i v e r e p o r t s u b m i t t e d b y M r. E i d e and
Mr. M u b a n g a - C h i p o y a o n the q u e s t i o n of c o n s c i e n t i o u s o b i e c t i o n t o m i l i t a r y
s e r v i c e c o n t a i n i n g c o n c l u s i o n s a nd r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s ,
T a k i n g n o t e a l s o of t h e r e p l i e s of g o v e r n m e n t s a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l
o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o t h e S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l ' s r e q u e s t f o r c o m m e n t s a n d o b s e r v a t i o n s
( E /CN.4 / 1 9 8 5 / 2 5 a n d A d d . 1-4),
Haying carefully considered the Sub-Commission’s report on the question
of conscientious obiection to military service (E/CN.4/Suh.2/1983/30), which
reflects the relevant international norms and standards embodied in various
human rights instruments and describes State practice concerning voluntary or
compulsory performance of military service,
Recognizing that conscientious objection to military service derives from
principles and reasons of conscience including profound convictions, arising
from religious, ethical, moral or similar motives,
L. Appeals to States to recognise that conscientious objection to military
service be considered a legitimate exercise o£ the right to freedom of thought,
conscience and religion recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
2* Invites States to take measures aimed at
exemption from military service on the basis of a genuinely held conscientious
objection to armed service;
3. Recommends to States with a system of compulsory military service,
where such provision has not already been made, that they consider introducing
various forms of alternative service for conscientious objectors which are
compatible with the reasons for conscientious objection, bearing in mind the
experience of some States in this respect, and that they refrain from
subjecting such persons to imprisonment;
4. Recommends to Member States, if they have not already done so, that
they establish within the framework of their national legal system impartial
decision-making procedures to determine whether a conscientious objection is
valid in any specific case;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Commission at its
forty-fifth session on the question of conscientious objection to military
service, taking into account comments provided by governments and further
information received by him;
6. Decides to consider this matter further at its forty-fifth session
under the agenda item "The role of youth in the promotion and protection of
human rights, including the question of conscientious objection to military
servi c e "
Church of Sweden Mission
UppsalaMarch 10, 1987
Your ref
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LETTER OF INVITATION
Re: South African women's information and lecture tour in Sweden,
April 20 - May 5, 1987
The Church of Sweden Mission is very happy to invite five women from South Africa who are active in work against apartheid to an information tour in Sweden April 20 - May 5, 1987. The women we hope to see here are:
Dolly MakaH/ South African Council of Churches, JohannesburgJudy Chalmers Black Sash, Port ElizabethDawn Ingle Black Sash, Johannesburgand one woman, not yet named, whose child is, or has been, in detention, and one woman who is a community worker in Soweto.
•
The aim of this tour is to give the Swedish public an insight into the immense difficulties women face when living in the apartheid society and hence strengthen the opinion against apartheid in Sweden.
We find it of extreme importance that women are invited to tell about their particular experiences in South Africa today and their work for change and liberation.
That will complete the picture of the heresy of apartheid.
The women invited will be speakers at meetings in churches, trade unions, women's groups and other civil rights groups.
For the CHURCH OF SWEDEN MISSION
-rc* - ^ Hans S A Engdat^lSouthern Africa Secretary Information Officer
Education Secretary
Box 297, S-751 05 Uppsala, Sweden. Telephone +46 18 16 95 00 Telex 760 94 Luther s. Telegrams: Mission, Uppsala.
Brotfu r die Welt
Brot fur die Welt. Stafflenbergstr. 76, D-7000 Stuttgart 1 B r e a d ffO T t h e W O r f d Fed. Rep. of Germany
Mr. A. Taeling-Smith 31, Bowden Road Observatory 7325
Siidaf ri ka
P.O. Box: 476 Telephone: (0711) 21 59-1 Cable: Diakonie Stuttgart Telex: 723557ddws-d
Visits should be announced
Your ref. no. Your letter of Our ref. no. Re: Project Number Direct dial Date
W3C /M i P 4541 291 March 30, 1987
Dear Mr. Teeling-Smith,
We appreciated your brief letter of 25th December 1985. We haven't heard
any further. So are there any additional comments you wish to make at
this time ?
Yours sincerely
/ VJ.G. Clasen (Mr) Treasurer Africa
DIAKONISCHES WERKDER EVANGELI SCHEN KI RCHE IN DEUTSCHL AND
of the Evangelical Church in Germany de I’Eglise Evangelique en Allemagne
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DiakonischesWerkEKDe.V., Postfach476, Stafflenbergstr.76, 7000 Stuttgart 1
End Conscription Campaign c/o 227/9 Khotso House 42 De Villiers Street
Johannesburg 2000
Republic South Africa
HAUPTGESCHAFTSSTELLE Hauptabteilung II Okumenische Diakonie Ref e rat:Hilfen fur Opfer von Menschenrechts- verletzungen
Datum 29.4.87 Zeichen P . - S./ko Tel. (0711) 21 59- 281
Concern: Your report for the first quarter of 1987 from April 13th, 1987
Dear friends,
it was a great surprise and pleasure for us, to receive your above mentioned report, all the enclosed material from your activities and the confirmation of your continued activities on behalf of a non-violent and integrated future of South Africa.
We wish you an effective summer and hope and pray together with you for justice and peace!
Yours sincerely,
V . W(Michael Protz-Schwarz)
mP vor dem Haupteingang
Sammelruf (0711) 21 59-1 Telegramm-Adresse: Diakonie Stuttgart
Telex: 723 557 ddws d
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Dresdner Bank AG, Stuttgart 9 015 814 (BLZ 600 800 00) Deutsche Bank AG, Stuttgart 11/70 570 (BLZ 600 700 70)
S.W.I.F.T.-Adresse: DEUT DE SS Commerzbank AG, Stuttgart 5 276 530 (BLZ 600 400 71)
Bank fur Sozialwirtschaft, Koln 41 084/00 (BLZ 370 205 00) SMH-Bank, Frankfurt/Main 00-435 826-00 (BLZ 502 200 85)
Spar-und Kreditbank, Niirnberg 20 770 (BLZ 760 60561) Bank fur Kirche und Diakonie eG,Duisburg 29 172 (BLZ 350 601 90)Ev. Darlehnsgen. eGmbH, Munster 628 501 (BLZ 400 601 04) Ev. Darlehnsgen. fur Schleswig-Holstein u. Hamburg eGmbH, Kiel 1180 (BLZ 210 602 37)Ev. Kreditgen. eGmbH, Kassel 0 405 000 (BLZ 520 604 10) Simonbank, Dusseldorf 464 579 (BLZ 300 20300)
May, 1987
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I got stationed in Virginia Beach on the U.S.S. America I was there for about three months when we got our first assignment— Grenada.... We went over there, put the Marines there on land and started shooting up everything we saw, lost some planes on the boat, like we were in World War III. Right then I thought, "Wait a minute, this Isn't what they told m e ....I gotta get out of here. Have to get out of here."
— Benny Wilkerson, U.S. Navy veteran interviewed by Lou Ann Merkle, CCCO
Co-ChairsMaxine Alper Jon Landau
Co-CounselEmerson Darnell Peter Goldberger
Staff
Herb Ettel Sabrina Sigal Falls James Feldman, Jr. B ill Galvin Lou Ann Merkle Robert A. Seeley Patricia Sutton
Dear friend,
Unfortunately, Benny Wilkerson didn't know about CCCO and served out his four years active duty. But what about the 50,000 U.S. military personnel involved this month In operation Solid Shield, the largest U.S. training exercise and show of force to date in Central America and the Caribbean?Who will help those men and women who undergo a similar change of consciousness when faced with the reality of war preparation?
We're sure you know why the U.S. is conducting these maneuvers, threatening the people of Nicaragua and other nations In the region. But you may not realize that whenever our government holds such exercises or intervenes militarily as in Grenada, Lebanon or Libya, there is a notable rise In the number of members of the armed forces who apply for dlschage, go AW0L, or otherwise refuse to cooperate.
CCCO's staff attorney, James Feldman, Jr., notes, "Over the past several years each time the United States has Intervened, the number of requests for help we received from military personnel has doubled. And with so many National Guard troops being sent to Honduras for maneuvers now, for the first time we are also receiving a significant number of calls from Guard members."
As our government's military activities continue and grow, so must the work of CCCO. Our fieldworker, Bill Galvin, spends most of his time on the phone and on the road arranging and conducting trainings for military and draft counselors to strengthen and expand the network.
A National A g e n c y for M ilitary and Draft C ou n selin gFounded in 1948 as the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
W estern /P .O . BOX 42249/SAN FRANCISCO/CA 94142 415/552-6433 CCCO is a non-profit, tax-deductible organization
Another special service is the variety of literature we produce, including our unique Handbook for Conscientious Objectors. Our outreach coordinator Lou Ann Merkle is hard at work to publish a professional quality comic book for popular distribution telling the real life stories of four veterans who became conscientious objectors. She has also produced an impressive series of counter recruitment ads, the latest one depicting Benny with his son. We have enclosed a camera-ready copy and hope you can have it printed in your local newsletter or other publications.
CCCO's legal research and testimony has proven invaluable in helping grassroots groups win access to students while challenging the Pentagon's school access for its recruitment purposes. Our input to Congress and the Selective Service has also helped block approval of some of the more disturbing regulations and legislation being considered.
Twenty years ago our movement couldn’t prevent a disastrous war in Asia and the loss of 50,000 American lives. Today we are better prepared and the outlook is more hopeful. CCCO plays a vital role in this effort. Whatever develops,CCCO will be there, applying four decades of experience and commitment to stop the war machine where it starts— with the individual.
Of course we depend on your generous support to continue and expand to meet the growing need, especially for third world outreach and military counseling. Although our expenses are tightly managed and staff paid modestly, printing, postage and other costs continually rise.
The need is now. Please don't forget— send your donation today.
For the success of all our efforts,
Administrator
P.S.— Contributions as always are tax deductible. This Is probably the only appeal you will receive from us until next fall, so please give as much as you can to carry us through.
A copy of our latest financial report is available from CCCO.
Brotfiir die Welt
Brot fur die Welt. Stafflenbergstr. 76, D-7000 Stuttgart 1 B P G O C l f O f t t l 6 W O f M Fed. Rep.of Germany
P.O. Box: 476 Telephone: (0711) 2159-1 Cable: Diakonie Stuttgart Telex: 7 23 557ddws-d
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Your ref. no. Your letter of Our ref. no. Re: Project Number Direct dial Date
WGC/Mi P 45^1 291 May 22, 198?
Dear Mr. Teeling-Sraith,
I don't know whether you received my letter of 30th March 1987,
but in it I had acknowledged receipt of yours of 26th December,
and asked whether you wished to add anything further.
Mr. A Teeling-Smith 31 Bowden Road Observatory 7925
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P.O. Box: 476Mr. A. Teeling - Smith Telephone: (0711) 21 59-1
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Your ref. no. Your letter of Our ref. no. Re: Project Number Direct dial Date
WGC/Mi P 4541 291 June 12, 1987
Dear Mr. Teeling-Smith,
Thank you for your letter of 1st June 1987 and the enclosures which have
been shared with Dr. Krause, the one who had dealt with your original
enquiry.
Since what you have already sent is quite informative, our main interest is
in the balance sheet. As far as I am concerned, the financial statement on
the use of our grant and other income you were able to raise, need not be
too detailed.
rW.G. Clas^i
Treasurer Africa
Mr. A. Teeling - Smith
P.O. Box 423
Salt River 7925
South Africa
WGC/Mi P 4541 291 June 12, 1987
Dear Mr. Teeling-Smith,
Thank you for your letter of 1st June 1987 and the enclosures which have
been 3hared with Dr. Krause, the one who had dealt with your original
enquiry.
Since what you bfcve already sent is quite informative, our main interest is
in the balance sheet. As far as I am concerned, the financial statement on
the use of our grant and other income you were able to raise, need not be
too deifeiled.
Treasurer Africa
Verdeckte Kopie zur information: - Dr. Krause
Christian AidPO Box No 1 London SW9 8BH Telephone: 01-733 5500
A D iv is io n o f The B rit ish C o u n c il o f C hu rche s
Chairman: Sir Brian YoungChairman Finance Committee. Mr Geoffrey Smith JP Director: Revd. Michael H. Taylor
Ref: SM/SA orgs: ECC 16 June 1987
Ms A Kirsten ECC227/9 Ichotso House h2 de Villiers Street JOHANNESBURG 2000
Dear Adele
Thank you very much for the news and information on ECC which we received recently. This is very helpful and I am sharing it with my colleagues here.
With warm greetings to all in ECC - you are much in our thoughts.
Yours sincerely
Sally MeachimActing Project OfficerAfrica/Middle East Group
THE CHURCHES IN ACTION WITH THE WORLD'S POOR
Central Office: 240/250 Ferndale Road, Brixton, London SW9 (Nearest Underground: BRIXTON) Cables: WORLDAID LONDON SW9 8BH. Telex: 916504 CHRAID G
Christlioh-Soziaie i,h.rd.,Baro.« , ^Union in Bayern AuswSrtige Beziehungen i
OFFICE FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS
Mr. Francisco Nota Moises Resist?ncia Nacional Mocambicana P.O.Box.14654
N ym phenburger StraGe 64 8000 M unchen 2
Telelon 0 8 9 /1 2 5 62 00
Nairobi / KENYA June 26, Schm/Ho
1987
Dear Hr. Moises.
The Chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Dr. h.c. Franz Josef
StrauB, has asked me to answer your letter of June 11, 1987.
He regrets that due to previous arrangpments he is nnt able to comply
with your request for a conversation. Furthermore I have to point out
that we are already in direct contact with the president and commander
•in chief of your organization in the "Casa Banana" and thus are currently
and sufficiently informed on the problems of your organization.
We know the importance of your requested support in the Federal Republic
of Germany as well as in Western Europe and hope that even other politicians
of the Western World will not ignore your concern.
Should you occasionally be in Germany I would be pleased to have a con
versation with you according to prior arrangement. I wish you the best
of luck and every success for y o u r s e l f and your d i f f i c u l t and s iQnif irAnt.
task.
Yours sincerely,
O ietex(Dieter A. Schmidt)
Director of the Office
Ein Brief beweist die von der CSU bestrittenen Kontakte zu der rechten mosambikanischen
Terror-Organisation Renamo
»Viel Gluck und Erfolg«
-HerrStrauB.slnddiese Leutefur Sie Freiheitskampfer oderTerro- risten?- fragtenJournalistenden CSU-Chef in Maputo, der Haupt-
; sladt Mopambiques. Der von Ka’nzler Kohl zum Friedensstifter im sudlichen Afrika ernannte Po- litiker wich aus. als er seine Ein- stellung zu den Rebellen der Renamo (Resistencia Nacional Mo- ?ambiquana) erklaren sollte:• Das kann ich nicht beantworten, denn ich habe noch keinen Rena- mo-Kampfer gesehen.- Sein Rei- sebegleiter, Dieter A. Schmidt, Leiter des Buros fur Auswartige Beziehungen der Christlich-So- zialen Union, widersprach ver- muteten Sympathien heftig: -Wir haben keinerlei Kontakt mit dieser Bewegung.-
Das Dementi war falsch. Am 26. Juni vergangenen Jahres schrieb Schmidt einem Renamo- Vertreter namens Francisco No- ta Moises, der Kontakte zu Straufl aufnehmen wollte, im Auftrag seines Chefs nach Nairobi: -Ich mu8 darauf hinweisen, daB wir schon in direktem Kontakt mit dem Prasidenten und Oberbefehlshaber Ihrer Organisation in der -Casa Banana< und deshalb standig und ausrei- chend iiber die Probleme Ihrer Organisation inform iertsind- Er hob »die Wichtigkeit der von Ih- nen geforderten Unterstijtzung sowohl in der Bundesrepublik als auch in West-Europa« hervor und hoffte, -daB auch andere Po- litiker der westlichen Welt Ihr An- liegen nicht ignorieren werden-. Nach einer Einladung zum Ge- sprach schloB Schmidt: -Ich wunsche Ihnon viol Gluck und Erfolg fur Sio selbst und fur Ihro schwierige und bedeutende Aufgabe.«
Die »Aufgabe« sieht so aus: Seit Jahren uberziehen die von Siidafrika gesteuerten rechten Buschkampfer der Renamo, die ihr Hauptquartier in der -Casa Banana* in Mo?ambiques Go- rongoza-Nationalpark haben, Mozambique mit Gewalt und Verwustung. Sie zerstoren Schu- len, Krankenhauser, Brucken, zerbomben lebensnotwendige StraBen und Eisenbahnlinien, zunden Fabriken, Mais-, Tee- oder Zuckerpiantagen an, er- morden Manner, Frauen und Kinder. Mit gerieltem Terror haben sie die Infrastruktur des Landes fast vollig zerstort. Einer der jungslen Anschlage: Am 31. De-
zember 1987 lieBen die Rebellen einen Zug mit 1500 Menschen auf der Fahrt nach Maputo entgleisen. Dann pliinderten sie die Waggons, toteten 22 und verschleppten Dutzende.
Renamo-Reprasentanten agie- ren in vielen westlichen Landern — auch in der Bundesrepublik. Von Heidelberg aus versorgt Arturo da Fonseca, derSekretarder Renamo fur Auswartige Beziehungen, die Presse mit -Er- folgs— Kommuniqu6sdermorde- rischen Bewegung. Er organi- siert Reisen fur Journalisten in die sogenannten -befreiten- G&- biete, nimmt an Jahresversamm- lungen der rechten -Internatio- nalen Gesellschaft fur Men- schenrechte« teil und veranstal- tet geheime Fiihrungstreffen der Renamo-Prominenz, wie zum Beispiel im Februar 1984 im Convent St. Peter Julian in Duren. Fonsecas Stellvertreter in Koln, Horatio Leven, ruhmt sich dem STERN gegenijberseiner Verbin- dungenzurUnion: -Im vergangenen September habe ich zusam- men mit dem sudafrikanischen Botschafter an einer Fraktions- sitzung der CDU/CSU zum sudlichen Afrika teilgenommen.-
Der SPD-Abgeordnete Hans- Gunther Toetemeyer fragte im Marz 1985 bei der Regierung an, ob es stimme, daB sich hohe Re- namo-Funktionare im November 1983 und im November 1984 mit Vertretern der Konrad-Adenau- er-Stiftung und dter .Hanns-Sei- del-Stiftung getroffen flatten. Die Antwort des damaligen Staats- mimstors im Auswartigen Amt. Jurgen Mdllemann. -Das ist uns nicht bekannt - Zwischenrut des SPD-Abgeordneten: -Dann stimmt also nicht, was die Frankfurter Rundschau berichteteU Mollemanns Ruckzieher: -Nein, nicht alles, was wir nicht wissen, muB deswegen auch nicht gege- ben sein.«
Hartnackig halten sich seit Jahren die Geruchte, daB die Renamo Gelder von der Hanns-Sei- del-Stiftung erhait. Der -Arbeits- kreis Dritte Welt- in Recklinghausen schrieb deshalb einen besorgten Brief an den Ge- schaftsfiihrer der CSU-eigenen Stiftung, Otto Wiesheu. Die Antwort vom 22. September 1987: -Die Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung hat zu keiner Zeit die RENAMO in Mozambique unterstiitzt Oder mit ihr zusammengearbeitet.-
A LETTER SHOWS QUI TE CLEARLY THAT THE CSU FOSTERS CONTACTS
( WHICH THEY REPUDI ATE) WITH THE RIGHTWING MOCAMBIOUAN
T e r r o r - o r g a n I SAT I ON RENAMO.
" L o t s o f L u c k a n d S u c c e s s
'"M r . S t r a u s s , a r e t h e s e p e o p l e f r e e d o m f i g h t e r s or t e r r o r i s t s
IN YOUR O P I N I O N ? " , ASKED SOME JOURNALI STS IN ImAPUTO, THE CAPI T AL OF
MOCAMBIOUE. KOHL ’ S PEACEMAKER FOR SOUTHERN A F R I C A , HOWEVER.
AVOIDED A DIRECT ANSWER ABOUT HI S RE LATI ONSHI P TO RENAMO, BY
SAYI NG! " I CANNOT SAY MUCH ABOUT THAT AS I HAVE NEVER MET A
Reaam o f i g h t e r . " - T h e L e a d e r o f t h e O f f i c e f o r - F o r e i g n r e l a t i o n s
o f THE CSU, D i e t e r A. S c h m i d t ( s e e y o u r l e t t e r o f M r . S c h m i d t ,
Mono ! ! ! ! ) p r o t e s t e d v i g o b o u s l y a n d s a i d : " W e h a v e no c o n t a c t
WHATSOEVER WITH T H I S O R G A N I S A T I O N . "
T h i s i s n o t t r u e . On J u n e 26 1987 S c h m i d t w r o t e a l e t t e r t o a
R enam o r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , F r a n c i s c o N o t a M o i s e s i n N a i r o b i , who
h ad t r i e d t o make c o n t a c t w i t h S c h m i d t ' s b o s s , F r a n z - J o s e f S t r a u s s .
S c h m i d t s a y s : " I h a v e t o p o i n t o u t t h a t we a r e a l r e a d y i n d i r e c t
c o n t a c t w i t h t h e p r e s i d e n t a nd c o m m a n d e r - i n - c h i e f o f y o u r o r g a n i
s a t i o n a t " C a s a B a n a n a " a n d t h u s a r e a l w a y s b e s t i n f o r m e d o f t h e
p r o b l e m s o f y o u r o r g a n i s a t i i o n " . - S c h m i d t e m p h a s i s e d t h e i m p o r t a n
OF YOUR REQUESTED SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
a n d We s t e r n E u r o p e " , a n d e x p r e s s e d h i s h o p e , t h a t o t h e r p o l i t i c i a n
of t h e We s t e r n w o r l d w i l l n o t i g n o r e y o u r c o n c e r n .
A f t e r a n i n v i t a t i o n f o r t a l k s on t h e o c c a s i o n o f Mo i s e s v i s i t to
Ge r m a n y , S c h m i d t c o n c l u d e s , " I w i s h y o u t h e b e s t of l u c k and
EVERY SUCCESS FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR D I F F I C U L T AND S I G N I F I C A N T
t a s k " . -
T h i s " t a s k " l o o k s l i k l t h a t :
F o r MANY YEARS ALREADY GROUPS OF SOUTH-AFRI CA-SUPPORTED BUSHFIGHTER
o f Re n a m o , w h o s e h e a d q u a r t e r s i s " c a s a B a n a n a " i n t h e m o c a m -
b i q u a n Go r o n g o z a - W i l d l i f e Re s e r v e , d e s t r o y s c h o o l s , h o s p i t a l s
, BRI DGES, ROADS, RAI L WAYS TRACKS, BURN DOWN FACTOR I E S , M A I Z E ,
TEA AND SUGAR F I E L D S , TERRORISE AND MURDER MEN,WOMEN AND CHI LDREN.
T h i s t e r r o r i s a i m e d a t t h e d e s t r u c t i o n o f t h e c o u n t r i e s i n f r a
s t r u c t u r e . On DECEMBER 31 ,1987, THE TERRORIST DERAI LEDA TRAI N WITI
somwe 1500 p e o p l e o n i t s w a y t o M a p u t o r r o m t h e S.A. b o r d e r .
' T h e y k i l l e d 22 p a s s e n g e r s , k i d n a p p e d m a n y d o z e n s a n d s t o l e m o s t
o f t h e p a s s e n e g r s ' g o o d s .
RENAMO-REPRESENTATIVES ARE ACTI VE IN MANY WESTERN COUNTRIES,1
"i n t h e F e d e r a l r e p u b l i c o f Ge r m a n y , t o o . S e c e r t a r y of F o r e i g n
A f f a i r s a n d t h e Me d i a , A r t u r o d a F o n s e c a , l i v e s i n He i d e l b e r g
AND SUPPLIES THE GERMAN MEDIA WITH " SuCCESS-COMMUNI Ou£S" . He ALSO
ARRANGES TRI PS FOR J OURNA L I STS TO THE SO-CALLED "FREED ZONES"
OF Mo c a m b i q u e . He ALSO TAKES PART AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
OF THE FRANKFURT-BASED RIGHTW.ING " I N T E R N A T I O N A L SOCI ETY FOR HUMAN
R i g h t s " , an d o r g a n i s e s s e c r e t m e e t i n g s w i t h Renam o l e a d e r s , s u c h
AS THE MEETING IN FEBRUARY 1984 AT THE CONVENT ST.PETER J U L I A N
IN D u R E n ( We S T - G E R M A N y ) - FonCESAS ALSO HAS a REPRESENTATIVE IN
C o l o g n e , H o r a t i o L e v e n , w h o c l a i m s a : c l o s e a s s o c i a t i o n t o t h e
CSU : " L a s t S e p t e m b e r ( 1987) I t o o k p a r t a t a m e e t i n g o f
PARTY CAUCUS MEMBERS OF THE CSU AND THE SOUTH A f R I K A N AMBASSADOR
t o B o n n ( R e t i e f ) i n s o u t h e r n A f r i c a " .
SPD(sOC I AL - DEMOCRATIC PARTY) MEMBER OF PARLI AMENT, HaNS-G*UNTHER
T o e t e m e y e r e n q u i r e d f r o m t h e B o n n g o v e r n m e n t i n M a r c h 1985, i f
THERE WAS ANT TRUTH IN A STATEMENT, THAT HI GHLY PLACED REANAMO
O F F I C I A L S HAD MET REPRENTATIVES OF THE KONRAD-ADENAUER-FoUNDATI ON
AND THE H A NS - S E I D E L - F O U N D A T I ON IN NOVEMBER 1983 AND DURING NO
VEMBER 1984. T h e r e p l y b y t h e t h e n M i n i s t e r o f S t a t e i n t h e F o
r e i g n O f f i c e , J u r g e n M o l l e m a n n , " We h a v e n o k n o w l e d g e o f t h i s " .
I n t e r r u p t e d b y a n o t h e r S P D - M e m b e r ” T h e n y o u c l a i m t h a t t h e r e i s
NO TRUTH IN THE REPORT BY THE "FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU” ! " , M OLLE-
MANN SAI D " NO, I DO NOT SAY THAT. NOT EVERYTHING WE HAVE NEVER
HEARD OF, HAS NOT NECESSARI LY HAPPENED. "
Ru m o u r s h a v e i t t h a t t h a t Re n a m o r e c e i v e s m o n e y f r o m t h e
Ha n s - S e i d e l - F o u n o a t i o n F0R MANY y e a r s a l r e a d y . T he " T h i r d -Wo r l d -
C l R C L E " i n RECKLINGHAUSEN(WwEST-GERMANY) ADDRESSED A LETTER TO
5t h e S e c r e t a r y o f t h e f o u n d a t i o n , Ot t o W i e s h e u a n d e x p r e s s e d
THEIR CONCERN WI TH THE GOINGS- ON. A REPLY WAS RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBE
22. 1987 : = T h e H a n s - S e i d e l - F o u n d a t i o n h a s a t no t i m e s u p p o r t e d
OR WORKED WI TH THE RENAMO OF MOCAMBI OUE. ” -
Brotfiir die Welt
Brot fur die Welt. Stafflenbergstr. 76, D-7000 Stuttgart 1 B rO C X fl f O f t t l G W OPtCfl Fed. Rep. of Germany
Mr. A. Teeling-Smith P.O. Box 423 Salt River 7925
P.O. Box: 476 Telephone: (0711) 21 59-1 Cable: Diakonie Stuttgart Telex: 7 23 557 ddws-d
SudafrikaVisits should be announced
Your ref. no. Your letter of Our ref. no. Re: Project Number Direct dial Date
WGC/Mi P 4541 291 August 18, 1987
Dear Mr. Teeling-Smith,
With reference to the second paragraph of the enclosed letter of
12th June 1987 are you able to let me have a reply yet ?
Yoftrs lre
NW.G. Clasen (Mr) Treasurer Africa
Enel.
August 1987
Dear Friend,
We want to share with you an exciting and inspiring idea: BrotherPeace: An International Day of Actions to End Men's Violence. It is called for Saturday, October 17, 1987, and is already confirmed, in cities across the United States and Europe. We seek your organization's formal endorsement and support.
The Ending Men's Violence Task Group of the National Organization for Changing Men calls on men to join the BrotherPeace actions this fall. We call on men to publicly protest the war-like levels of violence committed, by men, against women, children, other men, and other forms of life. We also call on men to celebrate the many ways in which men are changing and acting to stop such violence.
Last year BrotherPeace Day brought together groups of men and women in nearly 40 cities across North America and in Europe— men, and women, who took a stand together to end men's violence and express their solidarity with women who are working to stop rape, battery, pornography, and other forms of sexual discrimination. Our public marches and rallies signalled a new stage in the growth of the emerging men's anti-sexist movement.
The date of the action has a symbolic importance to us. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence holds their "Domestic Violence Awareness Week" during the beginning of October (this year it will be October 10-17). We have approved the third Saturday of October to be the annual day. We feel that the appearance of our event at the end of the week can be offered to the media and the public as an accountable response to the women's movement by men. The message can be, "We listened to women, we agree, and we are responding."
BROTHERPKACE3083 W. Ill St./Cleveland, OH 44111/(216) 671-5636
Rational Organization For Changing Men P.O.Box 451, Watseka, IL 60970/ (815) 432-3010
We are recommending strongly that the BrotherPeace plans be coordinated with the local women's project(s). We advocate local activists communicating with the women's leadership in order to both create accountability to, and safety for, battered women, and to locate possible groups/institutions for financial contribution within the women's community. We are also calling again for an internationally coordinated 3 minutes of silence to recognize women who have died from, or suffered and survived, men's violence. A drumbeat every 18 seconds during this time will express dramatically the incidence of battery against women in this country.
The momentum of BrotherPeace is growing. We invite you to be a part of it. We are asking each national and international organization to participate in the following:
*Endorsement of the BrotherPeace actions on October 17.Please send the enclosed card as soon as possible.
*Sponsorship of the actions to help with the organizing expenses. (Your contribution, tax-deductible, should be made payable to "Brother to Brother" and mailed to: Michael Rudnick, 220 Fifth Street, Providence, R I . 02906)This sponsorship is not required for endorsement.
*Help publicize BrotherPeace by printing announcements/ articles in your newsletter or publication and/or key contact mailings. Also, if you or anyone you know wants to organize a local action please contact Chuck Smith, 3083 W. Ill St., Cleveland, OH 44111, for a free orgnizer's packet. if you know of any men who would be willing to appear publicly— on radio or television— to speak of overcoming violence in their lives, please contact Mark Stevens, USC Counseling Services, 857 West 36th Place, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90089.
InJ3rotherPeace,
C b u O d u ^Jovi CohenBrotherPeace Outreach Coordinatorc/o RAVENP.O.Box 24159St. Louis, MO 63130
P 0 Box 1037 Sultan, Wa 98294 United States of America August 7, 1987
The Secretary End Conscription Campaign P 0 Box 93118 Yeoville,2198 Republic of South Africa
Dear Sirs:
I recently purchased your record "Forces Favourites" (Rounder Records) and was interested to read about your organization. Do you have a branch, or a representative here in the U.S.? Or do you have an organization helping you?
Many thanks for any information you can give me.
Sincerely
Thea Sutherland
. .. ; B rottaftaceo &
^ A,fN,
August 1987
Dear Friend,
We want to share with you an exciting and inspiring idea: BrotherPeace: An International Day of Actions to End Men's Violence. It is called for Saturday, October 17, 1987, and is already confirmed, in cities across the United States and Europe. We seek your organization's formal endorsement and support.
The Ending Men's Violence Task Group of the National Organization for Changing Men calls on men to join the BrotherPeace actions this fall. We call on men to publicly protest the war-like levels of violence committed, by men, against women, children, other men, and other forms of life. We also call on men to celebrate the many ways in which men are changing and acting to stop such violence.
Last year BrotherPeace Day brought together groups of men and women in nearly 40 cities across North America and in Europe— men, and women, who took a stand together to end men's violence and express their solidarity with women who are working to stop rape, battery, pornography, and other forms of sexual discrimination. Our public marches and rallies signalled a new stage in the growth of the emerging men's anti-sexist movement.
The date of the action has a symbolic importance to us. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence holds their "Domestic Violence Awareness Week" during the beginning of October (this year it will be October 10-17). We have approved the third Saturday of October to be the annual day. We feel that the appearance of our event at the end of the week can be offered to the media and the public as an accountable response to the women's movement by men. The message can be, "We listened to women, we agree, and we are responding."
BROTHERPEACE3083 W. Ill St./Cleveland, OH 44111/(216) 671-5636
Rational Organisation For Changing Men P.O.Box 451, Watseka, IL 60970/ (815) 432-3010
We are recommending strongly that the BrotherPeace plans be
a c t i v l S ^ with the local women's project(s). We advocate local vists communica^ting with the women's leadership in order to
both create accountability to, and safety for battered wom«n ^
withinathpP°SSib-e 9rouPs/institutions for financial contribution within the women's community. We are also calling aqain f o r Ininternationally coordinated 3 minutes of silence to recoani7P wowho have died from, or suffered and survived Sen's v T o lln c l Idrumbeat every 18 seconds during this time will Express draml-tically the incidence of battery against women in this country.
pSrtmo r ^ Um Sf Br°the^Peace is growing. We invite you to be a part of it. We are asking each national and international nrn^n ization to participate in the following: organ
‘Endorsement of the BrotherPeace actions on October 1 7 .Please send the enclosed card as soon as possible.
*Sponsorship of the actions to help with the organizinq expenses. (Your contribution, tax-deductible, should be made payable to "Brother to Brother" and mailed to: Michael Rudnick, 220 Fifth Street Providence, R I . 02906)This sponsorship is not required for endorsement.
*Help publicize BrotherPeace by printing announcements/ articles m your newsletter or publication and/or key contact mailings. Also, if you or anyone you know wants to organize a local action please contact Chuck Smith, 3083 W. Ill St., Cleveland, OH 44111 for a free orgnizer's packet. if you know of ' men who would be willing to appear publicly— on radio or television— to speak of overcoming violence m their lives, please contact Mark Stevens, USC Counseling Services, 857 West 36th Place, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90089.
rotherPeace,
Jcm Cohen
-otherPeace Outreach Coordinator c/o RAVEN P.O.Box 24159 St. Louis, MO 63130
1987 June 29
Adele Kirsten 227/9 Khotso House 42 De Villiers St.Johannesburg2000South Africa
Dear Ms. Kirsten:
David Bellamy of the London Committee on South African War Resistance gave me your address and suggested that I contact you. I had approached COSAWR UK about the possibility of a representative of the anti-conscription movement doing a speaking tour across Canada.
Briarpatch is an alternative news magazine based in Western Canada. For the past 14 years, we have been providing coverage of women's issues, the environment, social services, native people, peace and disarmament, and Third World development. Besides being involved in community and solidarity work within our own province, we are, through CUSO, involved in asolidarity/development project with Memorial Printers in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Recently we received a visit from two residents of Harare and through them learned more about the End Conscription Campaign. Author/journalist Julie Frederikse and her husband, himself a war resister, spoke at length about this aspect of the struggle against apartheid and the South African state's war footing.
We feel that people in South Africa and in Canada would benefit from Canadians becoming more aware of the war resistance movement. Canadians would gain a better understanding of the scope of the resistance in South Africa, learning that it is not simply a black-versus-white struggle, and of the true nature of
the South African government Jl Canada has a history of sheltering war resisters, and Canadians could begin to pressure our government to accept South Africans fleeing the draft.
To this end, we feel it would be valuable if a representative from the ECC could visit Canada and meet with solidarity groups and the media. We would appreciate your comments on the principle and the logistics of such a trip. We have already broached the idea with CUSO (a Canadian-based international development agency) and with Project Ploughshares, a national peace and disarmament group.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours in struggle,
Adriane Pavo Editor
P.O. Box MP 167 Mount Pleasant Harare Zimbabwe
Telegrams: UNIVERSITY Telephone: 303211 Telex 4-152 ZW
LAW DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE
17 August, 1987
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RE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND THE LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA Harare September 24 - 27, 1987
I am writing to invite you to participate in an international conference which is being convened around the theme of Children and the Law in South Africa.
The conference is being organised under the auspices of the Bishop Ambrose Reeves Trust and the Law Department of the University of Zimbabwe is co-operating with its organisation in Zimbabwe. It will be held at
= the Harare International Conference Centre, and will take place from the 24th to 27th September, 1987.
International participation at the event will be of a high level and will include child care specialists and experts in legal, medical and related fields. Concerned groups and prominent figures will be coming from Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa.
The participation of invitees from South Africa itself will be vital to the success of the initiative.
Should you require assistance with visa arrangements, please provide us with the following details: full name, date of birth, passport number, whether passport is South African or other, place of issue of passport, date of issue, and date of expiry. ^
Yours sincerely / / / / /
Prof. R.H.F. Austin Chairman, Law Department
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End Conscription Campaign227/9 Khotso House 42 De Villiers Street Johannesburg 2000Tel: 337-6796 Telex: 4-86519 S.A.
Thank you for your interest and obvious support fo ECC. We do seem to get
coverage in the strangest places but there are many organisations and individuals
who know about us and so in some ways it is not too surprising. We have
also had very good support from organisation such as the War Resisters League
(WRL - with head office based in New York). They have twice, in the last
18 months organised two fairly high profile tours of the USA for ECC. We really
value the support and solidarity action that is generated through those
events.
We are a diverse organisation and have adressed the issue of conscription into
the SADF (South African Defence Force) through cultural events, frequent
publications, the schools, the church, the university campus, public meetings,
placard demonstrations and lobbying for a change in the law.
I have enclosed some ECC media and a copy of the pamphlet " What is the End
Conscription Campaign?" which very clearly outlines the history and work of
ECC. I trust that you will find this information useful and please remain in
contact with us if you require any further information.
Yours Sincerely
22 September 1987
Dear Peter
Adele Kirsten (ECC National Secretary)
PRESS RELEASE
REGGAE AGAINST APARTHEID BENEFIT CONCERT COMMEMORATING STEVE BIKO DAY
On Sunday., September 13, 0 memorial tribute to slain anti-Apartheid activ ist Steve Biko w ill be held at the Jackie Robinson YMCA, 151 45th St., San Diego, CA, at 1-805 and Imperial Ave.. The event, REGGAE AGAINST APARTHEID, is scheduled from noon until 6 p.m., and w ill feature reggae great Mikey Dread. Other musical acts w ill include Donkey Show (ska), Najite (African drumming), SkaJah (reggae jazz), Xango (roots reggae), and Nightshift (roots reggae). Poetry readings and speakers w ill round out the program. Donation, at the door, w ill be $5.
Proceeds from the event w ill go to the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania which has a U.S. branch based in Washington, D.C.. Steve Biko, founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa, was assasinated ten years ago at the age of 30 while he was detained by the Apartheid regime. Biko's student activism served to revolutionize the enti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa by fostering a black national consciousness based on pride in the African cultural heritage and resistance to white colonial domination at all levels of society. A tireless worker for the cause of his people, Biko helped to create a network of blacks-only activist organizations which promoted equal rights and justice in a liberated South Africa.
Vendors and others interested in participating in tne event can call Trade Roots at (619) 239-5832 for information. All ages are welcome.
Collection Number: AG1977
END CONSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN (ECC)
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