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Bush, de Klerk continue fighting apartheid
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres
ident Bush said Monday that
South Africa's campaign to
abolish white supremacist rule
is irreversible and assured Pres
ident F.W. de Klerk that he
would oppose new conditions
for lifting economic sanctions.
"These conditions are clear
cut and are not open to re-inter
pretation. And I do not believe
in moving the goalposts." Bush
said, referring to requirements
South Africa must fulfill before
the sanctions will lx? suspend
ed. The sanctions were im
posed in 1986 over then Presi
dent Reagan's veto.
Bush also said all political
groups in South Africa "have a
special responsibility to sup
port the process of peaceful
transition."
De Klerk, the first South Afri
can leader to visit the United
States since 1945. assured Bush
that the process of reform is ir
reversible, and Bush echoed
that sentiment.
"We will not turn back." de
Klerk said.
The leaders met at the White
House for two hours, first in
the Oval Office and again over
lunch. The meriting was a
showcase of U.S. political sup
port for de Klerk's efforts to
guide South Africa toward a
post-a part he id democratic sys
tem.
More than 1(H) anti-apartheid
demonstrators marched outside
the White House during the
visit.
"Bush is an accomplice to a
colossal public relations fraud
which attempts to portray F W.
de Klerk as a moderate reform
er." said Randall Robinson,
head of Trans Africa, a private
anti-apartheid group.
Robinson said de Klerk's trip
"sends a false and dangerous
message that South Africa is on
its way to change."
"Clearly, the time has come
to encourage and assist the
emerging new South Africa,"
Bush said. Behind the leaders,
a black Marine held the flag of
South Africa; a white Marine
held the American flag.
But Bush said that despite
"the dramatic progress that we
salute hem today." South Afri
ca hasn't moved far enough to
meet the conditions for remov
ing economic sanctions.
South Africa has not released
all political prisoners and has
not lifted the state of emergen
cy in the Natal province. Fur
ther. it has not repealed a pop
ulation registration act that re
quires citizens to be classified
by race — a key part of the
apartheid system.
On the other hand, Bush
said, “the move away from
apartheid toward a new politi
cal reality is indeed irreversible
and much has already hap
pened."
Bush's statement goes be
yond the assessment of most
European leaders.
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ahead. ... I imagine that by the
end of the year, they (European
leaders) will have reached that
conclusion." Assistant Secre
tary of State Herman Cohen
said at briefing for reporters.
Cohen said the United States
accepts the conclusion that
South Africa won't repeal the
population registration meas
ure until apartheid is totally
dismantled.
Bush cited the release from
prison of African National Con
gress leader Nelson Mandela,
the removal of outlaw status for
the African National Congress,
plans to release remaining poli
tical prisoners and removal of
media restraints as improve
ments.
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Secretary Clayton Yeutter and
Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan
Jr., recommended Friday that
Northwest logging lx? cut by
about 20 percent to save the
rare owl from extinction.
The panel also recommend
ed, with the backing of Presi
dent Bush, that the Endangered
Species Act be changed to al
low for the immediate conven
ing of a special Endangered
Species Committee that would
have the authority to exempt
from the act some timber sales
in Northwest forests inhabited
by the owl.
Further, the panel said tim
ber sales in those old-growth
forests would need insulation
from other existing laws, in
cluding the National Forest
Management Act and National
Environmental Policy Act.
The ll.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service declared the owl a
threatened species on June 22,
outlawing the killing of the
bin! or destruction of its critical
habitat. A few days later Yeut
ter announced formation of the
task force in an effort to soften
the economic blow on the
Northwest's timber-dependent
economy.
Mitchell said current law al
lows for the convening of the
special exemption committee,
known as the “God Squad," if
the Fish and Wildlife Service
determines that a proposed tim
ber sale would jeopardize the
owl's survival.
That would require the Agri
culture Department’s Forest
Service or the Interior Depart
ment's Bureau of I-and Manage
ment to submit timber sale
plans to the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
"The administration has had
three months to ask its own
Fish and Wildlife .Service
whether its plan would be like
ly to cause extinction of the
spotted owl," Mitchell said
Monday.
"But Secretary Yeutter and
Secretary Lujan apparently de
cided that the Forest Service
and BLM should not follow the
Endangered Species Act by ini
tiating consultation on timber
sales and forest plans for fiscal
year 1991 and beyond.
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