Special Flights to Southern AfricaThe German authors spent ten years in southern Africa, one as a diplomat, and one an academic. They have studied here the GDR's past, notably its links with the national liberation movements in southern Africa. The record is particularly important since liberation movements largely had neither the time nor resources to keep records and documents. The study looks at the history of both sides, including the conflict-ridden evolution of the liberation movements. The GDR's interests are described in great detail, specifically the interplay of the East and West as a major factor in the GDR's foreign policy and its association with the liberation movements. This relationship is presented within the context of evolutions and internal developments within the liberation movements against the Cold War confrontation in that era. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
South Africa | 7 |
Solidarity during the Rivonia trial and for Abram Fischer | 27 |
Copyright | |
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AAPSO African Communist African liberation movement Angola apartheid armed struggle BArch DY 30/IV Berlin boycott cadres camps CC International Relations colonial Communist Party conflict contacts cooperation delegation Democratic East German economic FDGB Federal Republic Foreign Ministry foreign policy GDR foreign GDR Solidarity Committee GDR's Harare Honecker ibid independence Interflug International Relations Department Interview issue letter liberation organisations liberation struggle Lusaka MfAA/A military minister Mozambique Mugabe Namibia national liberation movements Ndlovu negotiations Nkomo Nujoma officials partners People's Politbureau political president propaganda region request resolution 435 Rivonia trial SACP Sam Nujoma SAPMO BArch DY Schleicher Sechaba Security Council SED CC Secretariat SED Politbureau situation social socialist countries solidarity campaign solidarity supplies South Africa South African liberation southern Africa Southern Rhodesia Soviet Union strategy SWAPO talks trade union vocational training West Zambia ZANU ZANU's ZAPU ZAPU's Zimbabwe