NSDD 187 United States Policy towards South Africa

2 -- 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. 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; UNCLASSIFIED