sustain the Smith regime', he said.
In 1963, through resolutions 181 and 182, the LN imposed an Giving evidence before the subcommittee on Africa, Committee DESECRASE ACINGO CLEO US House of Representatives on 14 July, Sean Cervasi, an econIS WHO ONE WORKSOC UN Namibia Commissioner proved that today South Africa is militarily far stronger than it was before the "embargo" was proposed. restively small military estab South Africa bad ACH THEISS ARE SU mei they are disre and total military expenditure approximately 120 million rand The Air Force had a few modern aircraft and only a few hellсорсега. Ine Army nad a coucc tion of old British and American anks, armoured cars and artil *Lackine even a small mobile Ar the United Nations General Assembly on 27 September, Foreign Secretary David Owen made vague threats against the South African apartheid regime if it did not bring pressure to bear on lan Smith to accept the neo-colonial Anglo-American package for Zimbabwe. *The world would not allow South Africa to continue to GEORGE CUNVIN points out that the value of these threats can be judged by the past effectiveness of the UN.
WACK OLE. the regime had an essentially defen Awesome Today._ South Africa has an awesome military capability. The Air Force possesses more than ED combat early 150 Mirage I11 and Mirag F-1 aircraft.
Acrmacchi MB-326 strike-trainer embargo and strike jets, 40 Lockheed F104 G fighter bombers and 50 North American F-HID Cavaler counter-insurgency strike aircraft. It so has more than 200 hellThere are 1,000 aircraft in service with the South African Air Force. 500 tanks. these are Centurion Mk 10s with THOU DOUC and engine than the Mk 5 and Mk 7 models which South Africa vell as some 30 DWHIT TN COR UVEI 105mm gun.
A large number of under French licence...
armoured personnel babwe or Namibia. is usually listed as having. The The Army has nearly 200 Pan hard armoured cars with 90mm chassia. it ssesses several hundred other armoured cars and neariy 1,000 carriers. Some of the latter are very recent Amberican and British models.
"laree number propelled guns medium and weavy artillery, of Hamm, 105mn and 135mm. mounted on tank TRISE встацту has been provided chiefly by the US, Britain, France and Taly. Sauth Africa.
Gervasi's carefully authentica trained personnel and can mobi lise large numbers at relarively short notice by calling up the posed experience, who are trained ever year Because the Western countries HAVE BEEN OLE LEE embargo, South Africa today has tremendous miline LOVELANE ONCE US WALACE BORE poorer neighbours. Most of the nate rear in Force ind weapons now in service Army have been delivered in the Last ten years well after the impositian or the so-colled em bargo. Equanimity Sean Cervasi concludes his idence by pointing out that:
: US and other Western pow ST MOWER VAGUELL ms to he sent to South Afri poses, embargo against South Africa.
*In so doing they have helped abd have encouraged a state whose polices they pasten te taken the side of the aparthei regime and have, in fact, arme the white minorily regime for the military confromation which is developing in southern Africa."
wonder Vorster regard with equnnimity the new 'threat from tbe UN. He knows just hos effective they really are