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TO LATIN AMERICA. 13. (C) COMMENT CONTINUED:IT APPEARS THAT SOUTH ROLE TO COMPLEMENT ITS DECISION TO HOST THE 199S NAM SUMMIT. WE SUSPECT, HOWEVER, THAT THE APPARENT SOUTH AFRICAN ASPIRATIONS TO SOLIDIFY THE SUUTH-SOUTH AXIS WILL COME UP HARD AGAINST COMPETING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS. SOUTH AFRICA KEMAINS A COUNTRY WITH ONE FOOT BOTH IN THE FIRST AND THIRD WORLDS. MANY POTENT DDMESTIC INTERESTS WOULD OPPOSE POLICIES WHICH COULD ALIENATE FIRST WORLD MARKETS. ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT, SOUTH AFRICA WILL SOON LEARN THAT NAM SOLIDARITY HAS AND WILL REMAIN AN ILLUSIVE BEAST. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SUB-REGIONAL RIVALRIES THAT WILL COME INTO PLAY DURING THE UNSC EXPANSION DEBATE WILL COMPLICATE ANY EFFORT TO DEVELOP A NAM CONSENSUS ON ALL BUT THE MOST GENERAL TENETS OF A REFORMED UNSC. CONEPDENTIAL