UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD SOUTH AFRICA

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• Publication Date: September 7, 1985
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THE WHITE HOUSE
SECRET WASHINGTON
September 7, 1985
SYSTEM II
90831
MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
SUBJECT: United States Policy Toward South Africa,
NSDD-187 (C)
The President has approved and signed NSDD-187 establishing U.S.
policy toward South Africa. (C)
Those portions of the previous August 5, 1985 draft NSDD dealing
with southern Africa and requiring additional inter-agency
discussions and consultations have been eliminated from the NSDD.
This was done to fill the immediate and urgent need of an
approved Decision Directive dealing with our policy toward South
Africa. Review of the broader regional policy issues will be
made via a separate inter-agency process which will be initiated
soon. (S)
FOR THE PRESIDENT:
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THE WHITE HOUSE
SECRET WASHINGTON
Nationat Secutity Deciision
Ditective Numben 187
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September 7, 1985
UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD SOUTH AFRICA (C)
The United States and its allies have important political,
commercial, and strategic interests in South Africa. These are
being threatened by widespread violence and increased tension in
South Africa, and continued Soviet challenges to our important
interests in the area. At the same time, there has been growing
Congressional and public criticism of our policy despite our
active engagement and strong record of accomplishment during the
past four years. It is, therefore, now necessary to re-emphasize
the broad objectives of U.S. political strategy toward South
Africa which are:
-- Use U.S. influence to promote peaceful change away from
apartheid, to a system which provides justice and opportunity
for all with a government based on the consent of all its people;
-- Use U.S. influence to reduce the prospect of
revolutionary violence and the opportunities for expansion of
Soviet influence;
-- Encourage peace and coexistence between South Africa and
its neighbors, promoting policies which can enhance regional
stability and foster the benefits of democracy to all peoples of
South Africa and the region. (C)
In order to achieve these objectives, the U.S. will remain
actively involved and pursue a comprehensive and coordinated
strategy toward South Africa. This strategy will consist of the
following specific elements:
-- Maintain close diplomatic communications including
Presidential messages, when appropriate, and quiet diplomacy,
to influence the actions of that government;
-- Make it clear to South Africa that our present
relationship can be sustained only in a framework of cooperation,
continued internal reform toward ending apartheid and with a
system of rule based on the consent of all governed;
-- Urge and apply pressure on South Africa to pursue the
course of reform energetically and without delay, to begin
genuine negotiations with the country's black leadership, and
take steps to redress black grievances;
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-- Expand contacts with representative black organizations
in South Africa and encourage them to pursue change by nonviolent
means;
-- Increase funding for education, labor, business, self-help
and human rights programs in South Africa aimed at improving
conditions for black Africans, and black awareness of U.S.
initiatives and policies;
-- Urge U.S. business entities in South Africa to continue
and to consolidate programs to improve the welfare of black
South African employees, to assist black-owned companies and to
use their influence to argue for change away from apartheid;
-- Combine the resources of the white House and the
Departments of State, Treasury and Commerce to oppose or
satisfactorily limit the imposition of new legislative sanctions
against South Africa;
-- Pursue negotiating possibilities offered by the
South African Government, including high level meetings,
as appropriate, to discuss internal developments; seek to
establish and maintain a cooperative framework for a relationship
based upon realistic appraisals of both achievable goals and U.S.
influence;
-- Review the possibilities of joint diplomatic efforts
with key Western allies to foster progress toward internal reform
and away from apartheid;
-- Continue U.S. efforts to work with South Africa and the IAEA
to safeguard South African nuclear facilities and obtain South
African adherence to the non-proliferation treaty. (S)
Recent South African Government actions require more
forthright public diplomacy to create better public and media
understanding of our policies, especially our opposition to
apartheid and our encouragement of reform, and to broaden
both domestic and international support for them. Our
Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs strategy shall consist of
the following elements:
-- I, the Vice President, and other senior Administration
officials will make public statements or speeches when appro-
priate reflecting high-level concern over developments in South
Africa, explaining our principled opposition to apartheid, and
underscoring our commitment to promote peaceful, non-violent
change away from that system;
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-- Mobilize a coordinated State Department-led public
affairs strategy involving senior officials throughout
government, including the White House Public Liaison Office,
to explain and seek public understanding and support of our
policies and of why punitive sanctions are counterproductive;
-- Under the leadership of USIA, engage in renewed and
vigorous public diplomacy abroad to defend our policy and
our long-term goals and carefully explain the explosive and
unacceptable alternatives to peaceful change and continued U.S.
engagement in South Africa;
-- In the United Nations and other international fora,
actively promote understanding of U.S. policy; oppose
new, international mandatory economic sanctions against South
Africa;
-- Mobilize and coordinate U.S. mission outreach and
USIA Visitor Programs in South Africa to promote human rights
and constitutional reforms broadly acceptable to the parties
inside South Africa; seek to move these key issues from the
discussion to the agenda stage;
-- Work with non-governmental groups, including the
National Endowment for Democracy and key private groups
representing labor, business, and religious groups to help
strengthen the democratic forces in South Africa. (S)
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