ro~'it"1'5 A: 0 RE;'U!$ To ~'r:;:"rj ~1:S \:': Sl'!l-'IT T IU, ,~" OEFEl"GE

SOLIClTOIL'3 n' CAS!' AC,A.JI:sr"GtJAlUll.u;~

Ttle Uni t.1 I'.<W...nt ot South Atrle••

The kind ot queationl and ineinuaUone eontA.ined in the docna.nt t~ the "Guard.ian"

1011eitore e'. to hply th.t til. o;lo.en or 10 lI_b.r. III f!IenUoned in thdr

doe..ent. coneUtut. the Unity ~.<W...ent ot Soutb Atrlea or at leaet a aubetent­

i&1 parl ot it. '!Meau.. ot thl. d1&torted ...i"" \Ih1eh 1& e".pl.t'l1 out ot tUD'

with th. reality ot the organ1&aUOlI. III d•• it neeullary to li ...e .".. teeb

and tiruree and redreaa the balane.. '.r. reeret bovflTar, that it 1& bpol&ible

to brine the tituru up to date i ••• to the relevant period \/hieh ooneern. th.

courl ea.e.

P'roIII ite ine.ption the Unity Y.O'f'.ent Itt South Mriea (then kno"" .. the Non-­

!urop'UI Unity .:cn-..ent) publhhed record. of it. eonferenee de11b.raUone ..

weU ... a U.t ot aftiUated organhat.1on. \Ih1eh attended ite eonf.rene.e. Tha

lll-Atrlean Collnntlon, a ted.ration lIun11 ot Afriean ol'£&1I1eaUonl. (UriOUl.

ot South Atriea) &11 attiUete ot th. Unit)' MOT_ent, aJao kept &Nl publlahed

reeord. of it. contarene... nu. to th. inerta..d wltehbuntlnl &1Id para.eutlon.t!.l"·,"

th. lll_ACriean Con1'lntlon dedded to .top.... or .....n keepina tull reeord. of it"e

cont.rllle•••

In ord.r to liTe a .eaningtul id.e or the deva10punt ot tile .troul. lell11n&

up to the birth ot the Unit,- MOT••nt, ve ahall ah. a Uet ot "organ1eatlorie

that at on. till. or another belon,ed to the lll-Atriean CollYenUcm bet\lflen 1936 and

1953 \/hen it bec..e nec..e&J7 to etop printi", p ubUe recorde and full ll1nutee

ot cont.renc.a. • Photo.tat (1)

N.xt v. Ii... &11 atreet tl'Qll th••inute. or the Conference ot the "ll1-Atrie~

CollO"entionlla l;I b.ld in Dee_ber 1948. Thi. giTe. an id.. ot how thin,e

w.re d....10~inl. ...................... photo~tat. (2)

L..tl1 we P'" tiguree ehowlng th. polition ot the Unity MoY_ent in 1962•

.................. ••• pboto.tat 0)

fourt••n y.ar. after taecht rul•• the oOlll>Olition otf th. Unit,. y'OT...nt ba.

<:bang..:!. M&rI¥ or th. cirlc bodi•• whieh pr.dOllinated in 1936 bad died. TIl.

r ..1etence ot the peuante ~ain.t the _eelled Rehabilitation Seh""'e whieb ••ant

th. cullinl ot their cattJa &1Id oth.r et.oek, plu~ furth.r robl>i~ tll_ ot tlleir

land, gan birth to p.a'&1Ite orfan!e.t10n. wh1eh (1""" up in the h.at of th. atruggle

lUId~ to b. th. biUnt orlanltation. in the eount17'<.........

t.h. 1"11"pOse/•••

( ~)

rhe ~"r.o~e of elv1ng the .tr"cture of the llnlty Jlov."ent. the ~co~ e of o~era­

tion as well lOa it....pproxi.... te nOllericd .trene.th h to "how tl.at ...<»1.. of the•

...uertlon. lIIade by the def..nceare ab.ul"d. The,. co"ld not h..ve been ....d. if th..

aboT.. facti "'ere leno,,". ror .ur-ph the following qu...Uon would not h....e bun

asked, "11..1"" you not .u.p..nded from offic... Pre"ldent of th .. Unity Mov...""t

of South Mric••t .. -aeUna of ._b..r_ to whleh you had been .......oned1'"

The ....Una ref..rred to, I ......ub~equently told, eon.hted of 9 p.....anta et¢na

at the eamp. Mdle Ilc.lu. D. "and.. and Scrap.. I\hhon. loIho I .... tolli. ora_j~"'-~"

hed th.......tinS. All the _tin cUI.. frooo th.. e..... organh.tion. Al'W SA

In Pondoland.....n auppoeing th.. IoIhole of the oraan1eblition ",iUl a .....bersh.1p

of thoueand•• had objected to .e heine pr..ldent, they lIOuld h....e h..d no ..uthor­

ity to "..,.lIOn" ... to .......Ung. and cuch lutuep..na .e tl"Olll otfic... The lJIoiSA

IS A i"r.DE'tU. O'l>AUSATTOr:.

'nih ..bwrd.1t,. h contJnued in the next quution (IS) as tollo.... , ·Were not

the aftain of th.. Unity !·:ov_ent of South .urIc.. after ~u,guet 1974 conducted

by • ee-1ttee including Eddie ;;c..lu ... chaintl&ll. Delil.. Lwlde .. Secr.. ta"., ilia

GaroIteeen .. reconlJ.ng ...cretal")' and Ali F.taar'. >dre •• Aul.tant 'rreasurer7"

'oIhere lfOuld thep 0...1"1 .... the authority to run the affaire of the Unity Y.o...lHlent,>dthout IIIJ' lenO\lledgd \/hat orean of the oreania..Uon or "hat at'fllh.ted organi­

eetion at hoae hn the ..uthorit,. to confer thh rie.ht upon til. and can do &0

..Ithout the ~nO\llltdr" of a coneUtutionally ..lected Pre~ldent?

<>.-'.oIhet ,.ou are ref..rring t 0 h pro ,ably th.,new oTj;:anh..tlon fOTlled .. t the cup

..here the recruited peaeant. fTOJl Pondoland liVed, "lth 'ddie '·calu n Prnl<lent.

Deli ... Lande ... secretary. Th.. tire t I b..cUle aware of the exlet..rce of th.

o!"fanieat'lon ..a...h..n I rec.i ..ed a lett..r fTOll the Seeretal")' of th .. UheraUon

ColIaI.1tt.... in Dar •• ".&1........an, .e to inve.tillllt. thia orCania.. tion \lhich haa

applied tor recQtnition by th.O..••• U. Thu.. peol'l .. you ...nt1on ..ere eonduet.lng

th.. attaira ot th ..ir n....l,. fO"'1td orl:anh.Uon whieh hu nothine to do with the

trni ty ~01'.ent.

:"1'ankly I eannot accapt the propoeition th.. t 1 h....... 10Bt the support of the .._ber-

ehip of the Unity 1'000 nt on th.. buh of the ..dd..nce that a doaen or so

di&fMmtled .....bere h e turned .... ainat ..e for .......on. ot th.ir own.

Qu..tion 14 ••••• did not the orcanhation Of African Unity d.eline a raque.t

tor reeollnltlon ",ade b; you on beh.lf of the tJnity l,'ovllllent ot Sollth Atriea, upon

the b...I. th ..t the le.d..rahip ..n divol'Ced frOll the rank and fil ..7

:-'irat of llll it "'u not 1 but th .. oftlchh and lIellbera of the 5xee"Un abroaoC'l!~'"

who toede • req".. t tor recollniUon of the Unit)" ~:o.....ent of South~b)' th.O.A.U.

Seeondly/•.••

(".Cleeor.lilJ, U.S a1hraUon that U .• ha<l.r.ll~ wu oh'o~ced r .... Ule ~&I;1r. and n

rlIe e_••bo"t b..:au.., >/bile the leaduat.1p .... -ems," pleading (or re<::ocn1 Lton

In orda.. to tat Ch....da! .."htanc. atKl oU.ar ben,tlt", r ..... t.ll, O.~.U•• th•••

dha1danta, the Bddi. J.,.}". and the Ddt ... Land. ve", oppoa1nC Ule .-..:ocnlUon

ot toll" U.... S.A. tn the bo.,. t,hat _. ~ tha,. an<l Ule1r o",&wa.t.1OD woll1d to.

re<=op.hed 1"""...d. ttlh h ~ u., e-.hl'1o" aU1IIll.." to .. dh1.c1ed bou•••

Qu..Uon2. Lhillf:at.ona "qotal UICl ~t.u ...U y.plllI1a "en not.1thd or their ._

pqlei... rn. \1;" Un! tJ J(ew.lIlt 1.. 1966.

tb" dechlon to u:pel th_ va. t.a.<. at .....U'" of th" heeuU," ••tHln 111

LuNka at v!>let> letl.e... ....:I eabl ,," Nlad t .... b:eeuth"" ••ber. In difr• ....,"

0...".... .to taa.. d..and1nc th" upuhlon or the two ..en bee..... or the h,,", u.q

""n e.ul1-"C to the 0..,.,,11&1.1011 U-'l"OUib the le&C1ah th",. had c1reuhri ..d v1ddJ'

.....an In South Uri"••

loth.. readin& _. ot t.h••• lun.ta, .... ofnebl of the t:.bh" GoT"m-.. t who

vn In charge or Ube.r.Uon I:o.....entl in ZUbia, ~ed all u." _.ber. or the

!:nouth'. &rid Into"'td u. th.t. bb OO....l'lVI~t. took ••eriou. '0'1 ... or th... cir­

cular. vIl1cb dueetd the i_ac' or Uber.Uon .o....a.nt. II • whole. II. report.ed

th.t. both Kqot..ei and Mp.bla h..... Just besn .xp.lled .t th. tnst.ance ot th. hOllI­

tront. lis produced th. latt.re and c.bllS Ilblll .sked it th.y could prodUC••'01_

denc. in .upport ot th.ir ch.1. th.t th.y had aupport r .... hea. tor their '01_

point, )".qoh.1 and Jo!plhh hd nothinl to Ihov. Th.reupon the ottict&! Intorwed

th_ th.t the Go.... l'lVIlIlt would not tol.r.t. th. pubUc.tion ot th.ir .currilOU.

e1roul.re &IlJ' 110",. In so tar .. the GoY.ma... t ,1&" concerned, th.y "'re no lone.r._ber. ot 11lSJ..

QuuUOQ !Co. l. Did DOt. Kuri. K...ell. ",.iV' t .... the ENd UNt.y e-tt.... hi

Ssp,"-bar 19M ..,.;I A1aa C&rolh.1lI 1...... \Ii UI hi_'

l1aa n.....r ",eirned t .... the E.ad Onit.y e-tt.u. IIOr ..a. abe .....r upalled.

llU'rl. tnack l.rt. • htUr ot r ..ip.UCWI en:. the V......__t. in ~ ortic. Oft the

IIOnd... or the daJ 1oIb.., the oUl.rs. inc1wiinl ._bars ot the H.ad Unity e-tt.t.aa

...... hadllt tor train.1"(. K..... auppo.1d to h..... latt..nUl th._. In the ht....r

C..... no ..- tor ...a1pdftl. I .uba"l.u...t.1y ria1ted ht. .t Ma t>c-. to ..k bi_

ror IIh IlOr'I. ror dell8rt.inl the HO'f.Illt.. II. "'tIl.eeI to an....,. UI. qulSUOft.

II • p....hld bov....er UI.t. II. vould n.....,. s., 0,. do anythinl I£alnst. UI. intlrlSt..

or the Uni ty K<n'.ant.

w"Upp 4. 'k>nnb Br1T.wn .... to be uSI'.lIded tor raiUnR to t:0 ror tra.1ninll

t r and when he ..aa ord.,.ed to do aD.

"'. d.clsJon t.hat all persolls tn th. had.rship balD.. th. "B. or 60 y••rs should

rec.I .... t.ralninl! ..... taken not by •• but. by the ...bars ot th. XX.cuti .... i •••ro--,..,f ,the 1I.1I.r;.~ O.e.u.. ot UJI.'O'Oldabl. e1rcu...tanc•• no order .... li ...~ to Ronni. Or

&IlJ'/' ••..•

(, )

any of the ......lIna in the U.K. to t'O for trail'ling.. lh. id". DC • euapen&1on fell

.vay.

The m1~und.ratatld1ng bad COlle about becaue. on h".ring of ttl" <i"chion, Rl;>nn1e

had indleat..d that h" \/Ould not be 11'1 .. podtion to go Cor training. ll" did

not info.... u" that. he " •• ill and he needed tr".tIIlent. Ronnie ,......1ne<! • faith­

ful. 10y.l and hard-lOOrdng ....b.r of the Ex.cuU....

Qunt10n 2. • D1d not Ali rat..... Nlalgn as J"olnt--SecNltal")' in Sept_btlr, 197J1 •

ill Fat.... "... t.o Ole one day carl")'lng t"'O let-ten. The one announce<! hi,

ru1llnaUon-*i:a Croll the "cNlt&ry"hlp or the organ1aaUon. II. upla.1n.o

rather ne1tedlJ' that l\e had b...n told, I think , h1 the M1nieter. or at hnt

~ _. oetlehl 11'1 th" Y-ln1stry or Education that th" Ilepartolent could not

continue to ezpl01 hi" ..... teacher 1C h" continued to hold the position of

S.cnta17 oC the Unit)' MOT_ent.

The a&COl\d letter purported to h..... c... Croll •• conr1no.1ng hi" Nlden"tion ...

Secretary of the IJI.~S.l.. lie "anted lIle to append IlJ' e1gnature to it, ItO that he

CO uld ,ho" it, iC nec....1"J' to the Minhter or the Dep artllent. I II1En.et the

latter on the und.ut.ndinl th.t thh ".. +ere tOnl.lit,. and th.t Alia \IOuld

continu. to do hie \lOr!< tor the orcanhation ... betore. Indeed he did not return

the til.. ot the organisation and our relation. lie" cordial. It "a••t eubl_

qUftt ...tiq, th.t relatione beean to &Our and rinalq W, beh.ved 11ke an enay.

The ••bere of the lxecuti.,. did not .ccept the report that the ~:inhter who

II" TlI"J" friendl,. and ...d h.lp t'1.Il to the o"'e&1\hation could dcti..i" Alii

htaar for beillfl the ..anita..,. of U.e U1-:SA. In tact it lIae with th. help or

the Mini,ter th.t 11& had We tr....te......ed rroll the Copperbelt to LUlaka in oroer

th.t be co"ld perro... hi, ncretarid dutila to the ~\oTe..nt. The Treuunr had

approached the r.iniste... in tHe gud. ~:_ben.t the ."ting accu"d W. of

b.ha..ing 11k, • ~Ao-1te (a "_be of a quhl11\i Coloureel teacher'a organieationl.

'I'lley argu-.d. that no .._ben of the leachera Leaeue of South Atric. or the c..pe

Teachere A",oclatlon, both atf1Uatu of the tfl.'.'>A ..er rentned their poeitiOllR

at hOll. for rear or b.lne 'O'Q.l ..ieeel. K. " .. accused or pl...nin/i to du..rt the

~ov....ent b..cauu h, " .. Ilaldng puparations to .trik. roots In • COlUltry that had

reclntq .chi....d its inciep.ndence. Thll b "hat broll£ht .bout ths dcious elllli t)'

that Ute reele towards ,1\8 .... h..ad of the orl",1 setion.

Alh 11111 not Coa. Md giva av1<ience In thh cue becaun, if he <i.1d, be \IOuId

be for<:ed to .c~nolll-.d.f' riret or all th.t h. i~ the auttor or the scu... rilous

uns1[nftCi harIet ll(.a1nst roa. n,.n he "JuId be h.rd put to an....er Or prove _e

or the IlCcua.tiona against ..s.

~ution 5.

H, .... ,uapended b..c.uu hiI. wit. OonnaQt.ed t.ha Ul-:SA ..1 t.h Swanevad, QOlItidar-<t

t.he .clat. rldoua 0 r Ul' 3peoial Branch. Wa did not. Icn.ow Ulan t.hat. htl trillld.

Gordon Winbr, tba lUIt.hor or 'Intida Bo.a' ..... Bo" '"lent. word,.. under oo".r

or JOW'llali_ in London.

I raaber bei,.. approached lona '"iO b7 • 'an I do not. ~.ber now. IIbo c:-.J­oo-pleined to •• tb.t. Scr"P' .... in th. h.bit ot bringing. Whib triend ot hit

whOII .tnT beU.,."" to b•• -n to all t.h. pt.M.1.. linn bT nriou••0"_t:Ilh

1n London. H, und to int.roduc. hi. to people. pr..ent. .. GordoP W1nbr.

I peid no .t.t.enUon to t.h. "port, ",.li.rt,.. tb. habit. or treed_ti,Mera

ot callinl on. anot.h.r .pt.. vban tb'7 tall out.•.Yeara Itbrwtrds, Gordon Winter

dlOlered in his book th.t. h' "u in t.ct., • Bo... 'Ilmt.. Hlod ". la")\1II thi .. at.

t.ha U•• "a would ha" probabq han exp.lled Scrape tor conaorUng with a Bo....

'I""t..Qq..Uon 6. AIkd;, an....red.

Qu.aaUOIl 7.

&ddt. Ifcalu "aa sUapended b7 a deoieion ot t.ha 'HUnc ot EhcuUn aaber. in

Lu..ka during tba Seeret.&r1ahip ot Wa htu.r, and Wa su.pan.loa "u _dor."" by a.bers in !nihlld.

Qu..Uon!l. "Did 10 u not .tab, at. a ...tU>,: on Sept..b.r, 9t.h 1974 t.hat Scrape

llteho n.&, C.d Brtlcker, DaU.... Land. and m. htu.r "'re t.ha lUck of: Luaaka and

.ust. ba cot rid on"

I did 110 10 ..., u:r such thill(. 11r.t. or all I .. not in tb. ·baJ)1t ot Utinl aucb.

1'lJl,g&1'~. at ,,,UDC" about. ••beu or t.he EhcuU"••

Seoo!Idlr Scrapa Iftthon. and hrl Brtochr did 11010 bdenl to Lueaka.

Qu..tion 9 lIt it not cornot t.h.t I "had 10..10 the I1lfport or &11 th••aber.

ot !b. HINd UnitI eo-ittee u at October, 1966, lROept tor Teetai, Liabilda.,

HOIlOllo and hq) vir. Ju. Gool".

M.b.r.. ot th. Il.ad UnitI ~ttee ".ra to be round 111 !niland, Burope, not

to ...Uoro tbo.. at ..... in SDuth Urio..

.... it I tIM lo.t th. lrUpJHlrt ot .cl..t ot tho.. in axile, it do.. not rollow

tbd th. tllUlt \fU Ilin.. !bous..u18 ot people all Cl1'er t.h. vorld d...rt their

Orsani"UOD' b axile 1>aoaua. Ute in a1le 1.1 "u7 dirficult and _. h."a

not cot t.h. strqtb and a)alna to holt! on to th. principl.. or tb. orsaninUOIlin mh,

Oy"w'op. 10. Pdid not, in 19&9, plan an oparation to brinS ••bera or tb.

U nitI Mo"• ..,t out or SOUth Atrica tor treinins".

n.. phnnil\( ,... done by the ••bers ot the Il.U.C. in Lusaka.•Qy..Utm 11. " Were lOU not ..alst.ed b7 ll&dd Iiq.leni in planninl the op.....Utm1

I hava alrnd1 pointed out I did not. plan 1111 aucb op"raUon and tlIererorto

could not. han bun ...ht..; b7 Nqaleni. I:ei tbn v.... t.b" ...bare or the IlIIC~~~i d."'; h .. hi ..

(6)

Q\"'ption 12. I have alnlldy pointed out that. th~ plan to brinE ..en out or

South Arrica tor training "llI dodd-ed upon by the ...ben DC t.h. M.U .C. Md

th. ctac18!on to ••nd I18n down to South Mrlca ..u t.ab'" by tn...... a"tborit¥

!"ourtoe., II_ban of t.ba UWl.I. appured in eourt in Soutb Uric_ chnged. with

ortene•• arieing Cl'OlI the ..h11o to South Uric. by OUr aen.

Qu"Uon 13. 'In thirtAen or the Court-un .ceUleeI wua ...,t.enced to long t .

or i.priaoll.",nt. alter N'Odlnt Pld alUlJ' othan had g1.,.n .Y1den<:e ,,£"""'81. t.b .

It by to bh quuUon the id.. 18 to t.IT and Unk lOa with the tr...chery DC

Nqeleni. then I Can 0011" aq, lI!lo er 'lJ,g&ut.o ...,,;:h .. Wile h unllOrtb1 or

be1na ..._~r or til_ On1t.y MOT t or South Atrlca. I aI¥ call your

athnUon too the tact. tIIat I "n reported in the~..... co-<:onaplrator

in that trial. (S.. Report. DC Rand Il&1ly 1'&11 10,J.72) ).<.<. ()lrl

l'1nall,. pleas. nob that the abo... 11 written C~ _..0..,.. It. h poulbl.

that I .&\1' ~ \lJ'OflC in t,hl uqu6Ilce or ........1... Ho"...r all thia can ba

cbecl<ed -eunat t.be t..eta in t.be docWlellh vllch are in the poeuuioll ot

the eolicitore.

23 July, 1994.