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Article: SOUTH AFRICA POLICY AND THE US ELECTION
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 10, 1988
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WASHINGTON - For eight years, US policy in South Africa has been
torn between the White House and Congress -- between a staunch ally
in President Reagan and legislators hostile to the white-ruled
nation.
Last week, a new and tougher sanctions package expired on the
Senate floor, leaving that contest on hold until after the
election, which analysts said is critical to US policy in southern
Africa.
Gov. Michael S. Dukakis has branded South Africa a "terrorist
state." He favors tougher sanctions and pressure to force Pretoria
to scrap apartheid and negotiate a deal with black political
leaders.
Vice President George Bush, though he has termed South Africa
a "racist state," opposes ...