'Reforms' whitewash South Africa terror
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be stopped at all costs in Nicaragua.
Reminiscent. of his Cold War speeches of the 1950s, Doherty charged Nicaragua with "violating basic tradeunion and human rights."
He also praised the Duarte government and urged further military and economic aid to El Salvador.
Doherty based these charges on an Aug. 30, 1985, AIFLD report titled "Sandinista Deception Reaffirmed: Nicaragua Coverup of Trade Union Repression."
This document, By MICHAEL SCHREIBER "The decision has been made to dismantle apartheid, Herbert Beukes, Pretoria's ambassador to Washington, pledged before millions of U.S. television viewers last month.
At almost the same moment the ambassador gave his assurances, troops in armored carriers stood with rifles ready as thousands of Black people gathered near Capetown to honor a youth killed by police.
Close to the coffin, which was draped in the black, gold, and green colors of the African National Congress (ANC), a young man rose to address the crowd. He ridiculed the "reforms" that President P. W. Botha had proposed several days earlier.
"The police and army are brutalizing our people" he told the crowd. "What reforms can he talk about when meetings and protests have been made illegal by the state?"
About 700 people have been killed during protests in South Africa this year-almost all of them shot down by police. Over 16,000 have been arrested.
As its troops went into action in Angola last month, the apartheid regime left no doubt that it intends to fight to the end-even through a war that could devastate the entire region— to maintain its rule.
Along the way, the government may be forced to grant certain concessions. But, as Minister of Constitutional Plan(continued on page page 15)