In 1983, for instance,
Jack Abramoff went to South Africa as chairman of the College Republican National Committee to begin
an ongoing relationship with the extreme right National Student Federation (NSF). The NSF noted this as a "grand alliance of conservative students. . .an alliance that would represent the swing to the right amongst the youth in America and Western Europe."
After an exchange of trips between College Republicans and South African student rightists, the College Republican National Council passed a resolution condemning "deliberate planted propaganda by the KGB," and "Soviet proxy forces" in Southern Africa, without mentioning apartheid or racism. The National Student Federation, which says that 72% of its funding comes from corporations, resolved out of these meetings "To inspire, focus and unite the national will. . .to achieve. . .`Peace Through Strength'."
Another Coalition for Peace Through Strength member, the Conservative Caucus (which is also part of the World Anti-Communist League), works directly with South African government officials.
Caucus Chair Howard Phillips cosponsors trips to South Africa (at a $4,000 fee) which offer "confidential intelligence and financial briefings" and meetings "with the very highest officials of government, business, banking and the military in
South Africa." Also promised are "military intelligence briefings." Ads for such trips are placed in John Birch Society publications. The Conservative Caucus lobbies vigorously for UNITA and attempted to initiate a corporate campaign against Gulf Oil/Chevron for buying Angolan oil.
Phillips and Abramoff have both supported campaigns calling for the dismissal of Chester Crocker and George Shultz from the State Department because they are seen as insufficiently supportive of South Africa. The "Dump Schultz" campaign grew out of a meeting of the Council for National Policy, a secret membership group that has included Phillips, Abramoff, then-National Security Council officials Oliver North and John Lenczowski, WACL chair John Singlaub, and many others with ASC interlocks. CNP's secret quarterly meetings bring together right-wing funders (such as Joseph Coors) and foreign policy activists. The June 1987 speaker was Richard Secord. Secord was a major player in the Iran Contra-gate arms for hostages private network.
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