Africa Notes: A Conversation with F. W. de Klerk - December 1994

Although the half-day meetings of the CSIS Working Group on South and Southern Africa are customarily off the record, an exception was the exchange with South Africa's Deputy President F.W. de Klerk on November 8. This issue of CSIS Africa Notes shares with our readers Mr. de Klerk's opening comments on South Africa's current political and economic situation as well as a sampling of his responses to questions raised in the follow-up discussion period. Because the Deputy President spoke extemporaneously, without text or notes, the following version was based on the taped record of the meeting.