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Namibia II

Transcript Last broadcast I was talking about the newest emerging country in Africa -- Namibia -- once under mandate to South Africa and soon to become an independent nation. South Africa agreed to terms submitted by the United States and the U.N. but immediately thereafter the U.N. began unilaterally changing these terms. It is funneling millions of dollars to a terrorist leader Sam Nujoma and wants to recognize his terrorist band called SWAPO as the government of Namibia without benefit of a vote by the people. Our government is going along with this in spite of Nujoma's declaration that he is a revolutionary and that he isn't fighting for majority rule, but is fighting to seize power. It isn't red-baiting to call Nujoma a Marxist. He has gone to East Germany where he signed a compact of cooperation. He visited Moscow where he was promised sophisticated weapons and journeyed to Cuba where he received promises of "unshakable support." Violence has increased in Namibia. In May all of the people of that country were incensed by the bayoneting of a grandmother and her two young grandchildren. The U.N. made no comment about that but vehemently protested South Africa's attempt to capture and punish the murderers. The interim government of Namibia has removed more than 95 percent of apartheid and has worked hard to achieve a non-racial government and complete majority rule. South Africa attempted in the U.N. to present its side of the story. It was their first appearance in the U.N. in five years. The General Assembly voted 93 to 19 to not accept their ambassador's credentials. Even so, South Africa continues to say it will stand by the U.N. proposal it signed in good faith. It boggles the mind to think that our government believes it is in our best interest to turn Namibia over to a pro-Communist government when it is obvious that the people of that country prefer a government favorable to the west and certainly non-Communist. Namibia is rich in minerals and has great room for expansion with a population of less than two inhabitants per square mile. A former mayor of its capitol city says, "We believe that the United States has lost sight of what is really happening here. Its support of terrorism is not the policy you would expect from a great power." No it isn't. And it's hard to understand our agreeing with a demand that Nujoma's murderous force be allowed to openly establish bases within Namibia. Possibly we think it is inconvenient for them to have to cross the border from their hideouts in Angola whenever they feel a murder coming on. The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, a multi-racial political party, representing the 11 black, brown and white population groups of Namibia, continues to strive for free elections, no thanks to the U.N. or the U.S. This is Ronald Reagan. Thanks for listening.		Details Batch Number 79-10-B2 Production Date 07/09/1979 Book/Page RihoH-192 Audio Youtube? No
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