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nelson-mandela — Part 21

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me ALL INFORATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 04-22-2014 BYNSICG F54M93K42 NDELA PREDICTS Mandela Sees Negotiations On Rights for Blacks Soon utlook Is More Optimistic Son Black Political Rights obi hannesburg. On Tuesday, Mr. Mandela is sched. A rally'after his release on Sunday, Mr. uled to address a major rally at a soc- By CHRISTOPHERS.WREN Mandela extended his hand today to] cer stadium near Soweto before finally. JOHANNESBURGFeb.12-Nelson The Guests of Archbishop Mandela.predicted today that negotia- he.represents, would try to allay their The Mandelas spent Sunday-night as! ionson a new constitution extending fears about the prospect of an equal guests of the the Anglican Archbishop, political rights'to blacks could get vote'for the country's black majority. Desmond M. Tutu in his residence in under wayssoon despite his unresolved Bishopscourt,a fashionable suburb oi dlferences with President E.W. de ..Whites are fellow South Africans Cape Town that supposedly is also re- andgwe want them to feel safe,' Mr. servedfor whites. Mr. Mandela reiterated his demand, Mandela said,adding that we appreci- This morning, journalists were sum. first made in prison, that the Govern- ate the contribution they have made to moned to Archbishop Tutu's residence .the development of this country," for the news conference, which was ment create a political climate for ne- gotiations by completely lifting the na- wife, Winnie, slipped out of Cape Town tree on the manicured and spacious tional state of emergency and releas- and flew unannounced by chartered ex back lawn. ingi.all political prisoners, including ecutive jet to a small airport near Jo Mr.Mandela,who wore a sober gray those charged with crimes like murder hannesburg. There the party got into suit with a light blue shirt and pat- orarson. live waiting automobiles that drove off terned tie first walked about the gar. den with his wife and family for the Once we haveremoved these obsta- cleswe will be entitled to say that the benefit of television camera crews and photographers, sometimes punching sltuation has been normalized," he. The outlook is his fist skyward in a militant salute, be- said. fore sitting down behind a table to an without elaborating on the reasons more optimistic swer questions for nearly an hour. forhis positive outlook, MrMandela He began by apologizing for having said that if Mr. de Kletkycouid per. than that of. failed to appear at a news conference suade his governing National Party to! initially scheduled in Cape Town on accept those conditions, "I think that Sunday's speech. Sunday, then answered one question very soon obstaclesyto negotiation will after another thoughtfully and with be removed and that we can sit and measured cadence.By the end of the talk." news conference, his gracious de. in different directions to elude several meanor and candor elicited an unusual T.Mr. Mandela spoke in Cape Town round of applause from the journalists this morning at his first news confer- hovering helicopters chartered by pur- sprawled across the lawn before him. ence since being freed on Sunday after suing television crews. think it was originally the inten- The South African Press Association 27.1/2 years in prison. reported that it had been told the Man- tion of the Government that we should said. that he was not willing to lift small concrete house in Soweto where spectful audience."It was the press Sanctions against South Africa now, than never forgot us and we are there. they lived before Mr. Mandela was! fore indebted to you." but' that he was prepared to take jailed for plotting against white rule. other steps to show support for Presi- More than a thousand excited Soweto Many Meetings With Minister deht de Klerk, whom he praised as residents were milling around their Mr. Mandela confirmed that he had aman who is making dramatic home. The Mandelas were believed to changes." Page All.] black businessman who lives in an os- for the last three years. He said he met FIn contrast to his tough address to a tensibly white northern suburb of Jo-I countless times with Justice Minister. Continued on Page A10,Column SEARCHED SERIALIZED_ MAR 0 3 1990 FBI-SAN FRANCISCO b6 b7C 247B-5F-80943
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