ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE UNITED NATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500330015-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: December 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
COUN TRY Union of South Africa
SUDJAttitude Towards the United Nat!.
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1. 'Ihe United Nations is not popular .ith anyone in the Union of South Africa
although the United Party endorses cooperation with the UN as a part of its
p;_atform. The general opposition towards the United Nations has its roots
in the UN interference in the internal affairs of the Union, which many
people believe has intensified the non-European problems. However, I do not
take very seriously the recent warning by Prime Minister Malan that the
Union of South Africa will walk out of the United Nations if India and
other Asia-Africa nations persist in bringing up motions to condemn the
Nationalist Party's apartheid program. I do not think it is very likely
and I do not think that it would aid Malan or the Nationalist Party in the
Union.
I caiulot possibly think of a Nationalist Party ciember who would object to
Malzu.'c earthy language that. h_o used in denour.^ing the United Nations.
i:ic reference to the United Nations as a failure and a cancer eating at
tire- nea.:e and tranquillity of the world is very representative of the
oarti:y type of language used in political speaking in the Union and this
tirc:z:_ue figure of speech expresses the general sentiment of not only
??hilan's political Leaders but the rank and file of the Nationalist. Party.
U. L. my guess that it would be overoptimistic to hope for an o- cion
tc, tii uUrengt,b of Malaii's speech from any Nationalist. In actun.- practice,
ti,e Nationalist Party has been able to capitalize on the attitudes expressed
I'li !%L United ltationu.
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On the other hand, the United Nations has given the Unicod Party considerable
difficulty because it cannot capitalize on its official support of the United
Nations attitude because' of the latter's general unpopularity. The United
Party feela that the people in the Union do not have an understanding of
the United Nations or the good things that it has done; but on the other hand,
it does not basically disagree that the UN discussions have made things more
difficult for the Union by encouraging non Europeans to toke a more
intransigent attitude towards the Europeans than they think should be taken.
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