ALEXANDER.
Security resolutions rom the African states (already a compromise to forestall Western hostility) proposed a total arms embargo, ad action to restrict trade and The United States, Britain and France, backed by and Canada, exercised a triple veto over the After protracted negotiations a further compromise was hamthe grudging cceptance of the Western mem bis. All mention of economic BOB-IC BALCELATE the huge profits from South African investments — had dis appeared; so had any provisions All that was left was a manCEO OR AHIS ditary and police equipment nd the issue of licences for the manufacture of Western-licensed ipment in South Africa. Even his was watered down by limitMember states were only 'invited no revise their agreements conThe heady rhetoric about action against South Africa gave way to cynical realism on the part of the imperialist powers at the United Nations last week, writes ROY cerning the manufacture of arms under existing licences.
Too win as opera a mo.un tary embargo for the past years, supposedly supported by manufacturing countries.
South Africa has had no dif псине скропать wau op-dang its military power.
SELF-SUFFICIENT Today its domestic munitions industry has grown to the bolt of self-sufficiency in small and medium-scale armaments. the basis of its own techniques, facturing licences, Alncan arms firm, AmnscoE not highly -armed factures tanks, armoured cars field guns, napalm bombs, air 1o-surtace and surtace-to-air mis siles and through a subsidiary aircraft for thi 1 was not taise Dravado tha prompted the South But On South Defence Minister recently to embargo with the comment that South Africa was about to start exporting arms.
As the exporience of the past 14 years shows, it is not even certain operate effectively. continued la flow into South African ly observing the through such Arms have Jordan).
embargo, devices as the vant equipment (such as telecom equipment boycott thrid-parties (such as 1974 deals UNCONTATE A BESEE dU siles and tanks from Israel and BOYCOTT The only hope that the South African people have of effective international action is through solidarity movement against the collaborationism of the imperial 155 DOWETS. nO JOE 8 economic, military and political — until the racist regime is overthrown.
*This betrayal come at the very noment when the youth of South Africa were once more displaying Despite a propaganda blitz of Goverminent leaflets dropped 77,000 students boycotted final exums, thereby foregoing ясядетіс massive nember was dae to the wholesade rallying of primary school studenis to the cause.
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