Article: African National Congress - is it a Communist front?

President Reagan, in an Aug. 12 press conference, suggested that the African National Congress, South Africa's major black nationalist movement, is a Communist front. Here is a background report: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa It is an increasingly crucial question as the West looks ahead to South Africa's future: How influential are the Communists within the African National Congress?

The South African government, alarmed by the ANC's new prominence in Washington and London, has given its answer. It says Communists comprise two-thirds of the outlawed organization's top leadership, direct its sabotage war against apartheid and aspire to establish a Marxist regime.

The ANC, too, has ...

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