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The
AfricanNational
congres(ANC),
thc
naJ_9r
Sourh
African
insurgcntgroug
has
bcen
strugglingsincc
thc
Mozambicanscxpcllcd
is
rnilitary
pcrrcnnel
aycsr
ago.Thc
grouP
is
suffcringfromdcteriorating
rclationswith
somc
blackAfrican
statcs
in
rcuthern
Africa
andfrominternal
divisions.
A
symptomof
thcgioup.sptight
has
bccn
thedrsrnsticdcclinc
in
ANC
attacks:
only
two
smalt
bornbinSssincc
lastSeprcmbcr.
Thc
ANC'6
rnilitary
carnpaign
b
likclytocontinue
tO
Sputter8s arcsultofPrctoria's
succcss
inprcssingncarbystatcstoclampdownonthcS,roup.
Gl-_:.
bb
t
bl,
b3
Rcglonal
Wocs
d".n
U.f-"
the
reccntcrackdown,thc
ANC
had
bccn
largcly
unsucccssfut
in
cfforts
toinfiltratc
South
,r\f
nm*
frorn
Botswana.
Thc
bordcr
bctwccn
thctwo
stat6
islong,
butthe
terrain
is
not
favorablc
for
ANCinfiltratioo:.
primarily
because
it
provides
littlc
coycr'
if,r
SouthAfricsns
havc
bccnsuccessful
rccently
in
intcrceptingANCgucrrillas
rhortly
aftcrthey
have
cntcred
the
countryfnomBotswana.
last
month.the
SiuthAfricsn
Foreign
Minister
informcdGaboronc
::1fi":,#-3"illil?i$:
bJ
ctectcdsincc'sc
G
I*sotho.Thc
reccnt
thawin
rc_l_ations
bctween
ittr,o
and
south
Africa
doeiri6taugurwell
for
the
ANC.
South
African
strong'srrnFt-actics
inreccntycarshavc
forccd
thc
Jonathan
governmcntto
abandon
is
prcferred
policy
of
turning
a
blindcyc
,or"rrd
thc
ANCandto
adoptinstead
asornewhat23
e
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