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3 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

Defense Intelligence Agency memo discussing Nelson Mandela's statements and positions on factional violence among the African National Congress and the Zulu-based Inkatha movement.

Relevant tagging includes: DIA, ANC, Nelson Mandela, Zulu, African National Congress

3 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

March 1990 Defense Intelligence Agency memo discussing Nelson Mandela's positions on wealth disparities in South Africa, improving economic opportunity in the country, and nationalization of parts of the nation's economy.

Relevant tagging includes: DIA, Nelson Mandela, Mandela

6 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

Defense Intelligence Agency memo from May 1991 about Nelson Mandela's position that blacks in afflicted townships in South Africa should form "defense units" to protect themselves from strife and oppression.

Relevant tagging includes: ANC, Nelson Mandela, Apartheid, DIA, African National Congress

2 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

October 2001 Defense Intelligence Agency memo on the South African military's efforts to maintain peace in Burundi. It discusses Mandela's call for peace in the region and how South African soldiers were happy to be able to bring democracy to a neighboring country after their own awful experience with apartheid.

Relevant tagging includes: DIA, Apartheid, Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Burundi, Bujumbura

2 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

July 1993 Defense Intelligence Agency memo mentioning that King Hassan of Morocco invited Nelson Mandela and the president of the Ivory Coast to attend a summit involving negotiations with Jonas Malheiro Savimbi of Angola.

Relevant tagging includes: Nelson Mandela, Mandela, UNITA, Angola, DIA, Morocco

3 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

Defense Intelligence Agency memo from January 2001 discussing how President Mbeki refused to allow a special investigative unit to probe potential corruption from an arms deal, noting that opposition leaders had called for more transparency in government procurement dealings.

Relevant tagging includes: Nelson Mandela, DIA, Mandela, Mbeki

3 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018

June 1996 Defense Intelligence Agency memo describing how President Nelson Mandela had authorized the South African National Defense Force to assist local police in crime prevention as the police were too strapped for resources to effectively discharge their duties.

Relevant tagging includes: South Africa, Mandela, DIA, Nelson Mandela, Crime Prevention

4 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

August 2000 Defense Intelligence Agency memo about four journalists being tortured by the Liberian National Security Agency, describing how the journalists pled for their respective governments to help free them.

Relevant tagging includes: Nelson Mandela, Liberia, Mandela, DIA, Journalists, Torture

3 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

October 1994 Defense Intelligence Agency memo discussing how President Mandela gave an ultimatum to military troops who had abandoned their positions (gone AWOL), saying that they had 7 days to return to their base or they faced dismissal.

Relevant tagging includes: Mandela, South Africa, DIA, Nelson Mandela, Umkhonto We Sizwe

5 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

September 1990 Defense Intelligence Agency memo on escalating violence in South Africa, discussing the African National Congress, Inkatha, and racial tensions.

Relevant tagging includes: Nelson Mandela, African National Congress, Zulu, ANC, DIA, Apartheid

3 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

February 1990 Defense Intelligence Agency memo on the deployment of national troops in the South African province of Natal due to escalating violence in the area. The memo states that upon the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, celebration was frequent, but in Natal, also present was "violence and chaos."

Relevant tagging includes: Natal, Mandela, DIA, Nelson Mandela, Apartheid

3 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

December 2013 Defense Intelligence Agency memo on how the South African Air Force had difficulties managing the influx of Heads of State aircraft for the memorial service of Nelson Mandela.

Relevant tagging includes: Nelson Mandela, Mandela's Death, South Africa, DIA

4 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

October 1993 Defense Intelligence Agency memo on how President de Klerk of South Africa authorized a military strike in the region of Transkei because the Azanian People's Liberation Movement in Transkei had committed violence toward the South African Republic.

Relevant tagging includes: Mandela, DIA, Nelson Mandela, de Klerk, APLA, Transkei

3 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

March 2009 Defense Intelligence Agency memo discussing Graca Machel's enmity toward Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe. Machel was Nelson Mandela's wife.

Relevant tagging includes: DIA, Mandela, Mugabe, Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, Zimbabwe

3 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

December 1995 Defense Intelligence Agency memo on Umkhonto We Sizwe officers' views on the arrest of former defense minister General Magnus for his arrogance and negligence during the process of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Relevant tagging includes: Nelson Mandela, Apartheid, DIA, Truth and Reconciliation, Mandela, South Africa

3 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

November 1991 Defense Intelligence Agency memo on how the political regime in South Africa was, at the time, looking more "positive and optimistic" than before, but that Nelson Mandela's wife Winnie was a bad influence on the nation's politics.

Relevant tagging includes: Mandela, DIA, Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Apartheid, South Africa

2 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

October 2000 Defense Intelligence Agency memo on how Malaysia sought to purchase arms from South Africa, specifically, helicopters, artillery systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, and other equipment.

Relevant tagging includes: Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Malaysia, Arms Deal, DIA

3 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

June 1991 Defense Intelligence Agency memo on the South African Helicopter Business.

Relevant tagging includes: Mandela, DIA, South Africa, Helicopters

10 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

January 1992 Defense Intelligence Agency memo on right-wing political activity in South Africa. Discusses the Magsanksie Afrikaner Nasionalisme group, Boere Staat,Transvaal Separatiste, and other groups labeled as revolutionary and/or terrorist groups.

Relevant tagging includes: Mandela, Apartheid, South Africa, DIA

4 Pages | Tue, 17 Jul 2018 | Source : Property of the People

Defense Intelligence Agency memo on race relations in South Africa after the death of Nelson Mandela. The report notes surprise that racial tensions did not flare as expected after Mandela's passing.

Relevant tagging includes: Nelson Mandela, Race, Apartheid, Mandela's death, South Africa, DIA