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South African Nuclear History

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Southern Africa

Namibia

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Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Central Africa

Angola

George H.W. Bush and Lech Walesa

CIA Reports on the Collapse of Communism in Europe

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Botha, P. W. (Pieter Willem)

1916- 2006

Nuclear Proliferation

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The 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference

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Vorster, B. J. (Balthazar Johannes)

1915- 1983

Mikhail Gorbachev, 1986

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich

1931- 2022

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Botha, R. F. (Roelof Frederik) ("Pik")

1932-

Margaret Thatcher in 1984

Thatcher, Margaret

1925- 2013

Israeli Nuclear History

Pakistani Nuclear History

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October 23, 1974	Statement by the Prime Minister, the Honourable B.J. Vorster, in the Senate on 23 October 1974
October 15, 1974	Meeting between the Hon. Prime Minister and the Zambians
June 23, 1971	Discussion Between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr The Hon. H. Muller and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, His Excellency Dr Rui D’Espiney Patricio
March 15, 1974	South African Mission to the United Nations to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 'Special Committee of Twenty-Four: Consideration of the Question of Territories Under Portuguese Administration'
November 27, 1973	Mike Malone to Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Pretoria, 'Angola: The Progress of the War'
1974	Draft Speech for John Vorster, 'Mocambique'
June 1981	Secretary's Talking Points: US-China Relations This is a document containing talking points for Secretary of State Alexander Haig's meeting with Deng Xiaoping. Topics addressed in the document include: Chinese exportation of uranium and heavy water to South Africa and Argentina; the intention to suspend the prohibition of arm sales to China; greater nuclear and security cooperation; the increase in Chinese arm sales to countries dependent on the Soviet Union; and the desire to open a new consulate in Shenyang.
December 18, 1975	Memorandum to Holders of Special National Intelligence Estimate, SNIE 4-1-74: Prospects for Further Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons This estimate updates the 1974 predictions, and analyzes the “earliest dates of the technical feasibility of possession of a nuclear device” of the Republic of China, Pakistan, South Africa, The Republic of Korea, Argentina and Brazil, among others.
August 10, 1977	Letter, Warren Christopher to William Hyland, 'Response to Soviet Message on South Africa' This draft reply to Leonid Brezhnev's August 1977 message to Jimmy Carter on the suspicious site in the Kalahari Desert includes a number of interesting points, among them a request for the "geographic coordinates, size, configuration, and exact nature of the facility." Presumably this information would be used by the US to better target its reconnaissance satellites on the site.
April 15, 1994	Telegram, US Defense Intelligence Agency, 'South Africa: Nuclear Program in Turmoil' With the liquidation of South Africa’s weapons program, “disgruntled” scientists under threat of lay-off “threatened to reveal closely guarded secrets … unless they receive severance pay.”