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CONF IA PAGE04 PRET0R0304500 UF 04041400Z THE ANC DURING THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE. MANDELA ALSO HAD HIS EYE ON SOUTH AFRIC4'S DOMESTIC CONSTITUENCY OF BENGALI DESCENT -- AS A RESULT, TRANSPORT MINISTER MAC 13 PERSON SAG DELEGATION. MANDELA'S VISIT, MSATYWA THE TWO SIDES SIGNED A DECLARATION OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE TRADE AND TECHNICAL/CULTURAL EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS. INDIA - HIGH COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE 5. (C) BISHNOI SAID MANDELAS TRAVEL TO INDIA (HIS SECOND TRIP -- HE ALSU VISITED IN 1995) WAS A "REAFFIRMATION OF THE CLOSE POLITICAL AND PERSONAL TIES BETWEEN THE GOI AND THE SAG/ANC." THE TINING OF THE VISIT, ON THE EVE OF THE APRIL 7-8 DELHI NAM FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING, WAS VEKY SYMBOLIC AND REFLECTED A COMMON DESIRE TO SHAPE THE NAM AGENDA. THE SIGNING OF