Saiu rday. May 7, 1977
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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S. Africa warns Andrew Young
I
JOHANNESBURG, S o u t h
Africa (W) - A proposed visit
by U. N. Ambassador Andrew
Young stirred a diplomatic
storm yesterday in South Africa,
but the U. S. State Department
said he would go ahead with it
anyway.
Foreign Minister R. F. Botha
said Young should clarify the
purpose of a proposed trip and
use appropriate channels to ar-
range it. le said South Africa
is "a proud nation . . . not pre-
pared to crawl before the Unit-
ed States, least of all before Mr.
Andrew Young."
BOTHA'S REMARK, made in
an interview with the South Af-
rican Broadcast Corp., follow-
ed his earlier statement that
Young's visit on May 19-20, un-
officially reported to include
talks with black leaders, would
"not be convenient."
Young, commenting on the
South African reaction, said in
New York he was more con-
cerned about blacks being up-
set than whites and that he had
"not even began to consider"
whom he would meet beyond
the bsinesspersons and stu-
dents who invited him. ,
An aide to Botha, asked whe-
ther the foreign minister's state-
ment meant Young is banned
from entering the country, said,
"The door is still open."
BOTHA APPEARED to imply
that South Africa has no objec-
tion to Young's plans to meet
business leaders and speak to
white students at the Univer-
sity of Witwatersrand in Jo-
hannesburg later this month.
But the foreign minister's dip-
lomatic feathers were appar-
ently ruffled by press reports
quoting U. S. officials at the
United Nations saying Young
also would like to visit black
leaders while here.
His statement that, the visit
would not be convenient was in-
terpreted by observers in Jo-
hannesburg as a diplomatic
holding move and a rebuff of
Young's handling of the pro-
posed visit..
OBSERVERS ALSO suggested
that Botha, campaigning in Jo-
hannesburg in a special local
election for a seat in parlia-
ment, was aiming his statement
primarily at a domestic audi-
ence for its political appeal.
In New York, Young com-
mented:
"I'm always nervous about,
relations with South Africa,
knowing that anything I say is
going to make somebody upset.
I'm more concerned about
blacks being upset.
"MY POSITION is essentially
a moderate position most blacks
there will not like . . . I'm only
interested- in South Africa in
avoiding unnecessary blood-
shed, whether it be black or
wkite. They can avoid it, and if
I gan help I'll be glad to."
Botha's statement issued by
his office in Cape Town said
the U. S. State Department gave
South African officials in Wash-
ington one reason for the trip
while Young's aides in New
York were telling journalists
something else.
In his radio interview Botha
AP Photo
Foreign Minister R. F. Botha (left) said yesterday it might "not be convenient" to receive
U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young (right) in South Africa later this month.
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said, in reference to the black
ambassador's rank, "If you
have that capacity you just
don't run to other countries and
do there as you like and please.
"THESE TIHNGS are arrang-
ed . . . It is done according to
certain rules, according to cer-
tain good manners.
"We are an independent coun-
try. We are a proud nation. We
are not going to be dictated to
from outside . . . not even the
United States. We are not pre-
pared to crawl before them,
least of all before Mr. Adrw
Young."
A Bhtha aide said it was nor-
mal dialo'atic courtesv to seek
agreeme is from the host coun-
try before announcing a visit is
under wav.
In Washington, Stale Depart-
m t sk's'a, IFrancis Brown
said YV-c was going ahead
with his trip and he was sure
tle a'so-o.lr was not seek-
ing a '-frontation with the
So")h tOri 'mn government. Ie
said VY-s trip, folowing a
U.N. me-t g in Mozambique,
ts lsioalc :iTd that Young
'is still rt-'g ahead with his
l otrook.:d a dilomat
prot 'sI t-n" South Africa sev-
er:l w,*k ato by answering
ye't- n asked whether he
regarded the Soth t African got'-
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