Details Tutsi reactions to recommendations made by Nelson Mandela during Burundi peace talks. Heavily redacted.

Relevant tagging: Burundi, Hutu, Tutsi, Nelson Mandela, Rwanda, Buyoya, DOD

Details delay in signing of peace accord, and mentions that as the peace talks facilitator Nelson Mandela has been pushing for it to be signed. Heavily redacted.

Relevant tagging: Nelson Mandela, Burundi, South Africa, Tanzania, DIA

Mentions sales of chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq may also have occurred. At least one chemist confirmed that this was done without the knowledge of the Mandela Government.

Relevant tagging: Nelson Mandela, de Klerk, CBW, chemical weapons, DIA, South Africa

Details media reports that over 700 SANDF troops will protect about 150 returning political leaders, in a deal brokered by Nelson Mandela.

Relevant tagging: Nelson Mandela, Burundi, South Africa, SANDF, South African National Defence Force, DOD

Heavily redacted report, mentions involvement of Nelson Mandela in a summit between Dos Santos and Savimbi, hosted by King Hassan of Morocco.

Relevant tagging: Angola, Morocco, Portugal, South Africa, Ivory Coast, King Hassan, Nelson Mandela, Dos Santos, Savimbi, DOD

January 2001 Defense Intelligence Agency assessment of various South African newspapers, and accompanying summary of how then-President Mbeki refused to involve an independent investigative unit to probe corruption in an arms deal.

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

Details media reports that President Mandela was deploying South African National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel to support police that don't have enough resources to conduct their duties.

Relevant tagging: Nelson Mandela, South Africa, SANDF, South African National Defence Force, DOD

Details of the physical condition of four international journalists who were imprisoned in Liberia. South African journalist begged for Nelson Mandela to visit Liberia and plead for his release.

Relevant tagging: Nelson Mandela, Liberia, South Africa, Liberian NSA, DOD, torture, journalist

Covers media reports that Nelson Mandela gave 2,500 Umkkhonto We Sizwe (MK) troops seven days to return to their bases or face dismissal from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

Relevant tagging: SANDF, South African National Defence Force, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, MK, Umkkhonto We Sizwe, DOD

Details instances of violence in South Africa during apartheid, and the ANC and Mandela's efforts to moderate it. Significant amount of redacted information.

Relevant tagging: South Africa, Nelson Mandela, ANC, DOD

Details reports from the media about the South African Government deploying additional troops in Natal due to escalating violence.

Relevant tagging: South Africa, SADF, South African Defence Force, Natal, Nelson Mandela, DOD

DIA memo from December 2013 about how the South African Air Force was overwhelmed dealing with the influx of aircraft for Nelson Mandela's memorial service and burial.

Relevant tagging includes: Mandela, Death of Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Apartheid, South Africa

DIA Memo from 2013 discussing upgrades to Mthatha airport in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The airport will have needed to be upgraded in the event that Nelson Mandela's body would have to be transported through there at the time of his death.

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

Details the South African Defence Force (SADF) raiding a suspected Azanian Peoples Liberation Army (APLA) house where arms where found.

Relevant tagging: APLA, South Africa, Azanian Peoples Liberation Army, SADF, South African Defence Force, DOD,

Details background of Graca Machel's marriage to Mozambique President Samora Machel. Then after his death Zimbabwe's Mugabe refused to marry her, and then she married Nelson Mandela.

Relevant tagging: Graca Machel, Nelson Mandela, Mugabe, Samora Machel, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, DOD

Details former Defense Minister General Magnus Malan and 19 former military officers / police being arrested for shootings and assassinations during the liberation struggle.

Relevant tagging: Nelson Mandela, SANDF, South African National Defense Force, Malan, South Africa, ANC, IFP, DOD

DIA memo on the South Africa military's attitudes on democratization. The memo discusses how the system of apartheid affected South African society, including the military, and how many feared that moving away from apartheid to a true democracy would lead to chaos and disorder.

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

Discusses Winnie Mandela's connections to the "Lost Generation" of 1976, and states that she has a lot of power over Nelson Mandela's decision making, and is a negative influence on South African politics.

Relevant tagging: Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, ANC, DOD, South Africa, Lost Generation

Refers to Nelson Mandela having heavily lobbied the Malaysian Government on his recent trip to Malaysia in support of the arms deal.

Relevant tagging: Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Malaysia, arms deal, DOD

Details information gleaned from the media about the expansion of a South African helicopter business that is also one of the largest in the world for servicing ships.

Relevant tagging: South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Court Helicopters, DOD