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2016-05-16 Africa Subsaharan

CIA tip-off led to Nelson Mandela's arrest, new documentary claims

[FOX/SA Sunday Times] A tip from the Central Intelligence Agency to South Africa's racist apartheid government led to the arrest of Nelson Mandela in 1962, a former CIA operative claims in a new documentary.
'Pride Salute' noted in foto.

Whenever I see that fist, the thought occurs: here is someone who has never punched.

Donald Rickard, who also served as a vice-consul based in Durban, South Africa, told British film director John Irvin that the U.S. believed Mandela to be "completely under the control of the Soviet Union", making his arrest necessary.

Rickard's claims were first reported by the Sunday Times newspaper. Irvin's documentary, "Mandela's Gun", is scheduled to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival this week.

"He could have incited a war in South Africa, the United States would have to get involved, grudgingly, and things could have gone to hell," Rickard said of Mandela. "We were teetering on the brink here and it had to be stopped, which meant Mandela had to be stopped. And I put a stop to it."
Making Mandela a Living Martyr was much more effective, and look at the progress which has been made.
Mandela was arrested after police stopped a car he was driving at a roadblock. One of South Africa's most wanted men, Mandela was posing as a chauffeur when he was detained.

"I found out when he was coming down and how he was coming," Rickard says. "That's where I was involved and that's where Mandela was caught."

A spokesman for South Africa's ruling African National Congress called the revelation "a serious indictment" and accused the CIA of working against the country's current government.

"We have recently observed that there are efforts to undermine the democratically elected ANC government," Zizi Kodwa alleged. "They never stopped operating here."
"Recently learned" is it? And you've never stopped making the claim.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-05-16 05:58|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 The leftest pommie author has had a slobbering love affair with Madiba for years. At the link is another of his kak pieces.

A Day on the Blue Train with Naomi and Nelson.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-05-16 06:17|| 2016-05-16 06:17|| Front Page Top

#2 I seriously doubt that South Africa's intel services needed a tip-off as to Mandela's whereabouts.

Posted by 3dc 2016-05-16 07:07|| 2016-05-16 07:07|| Front Page Top

#3 They know we know. We tell them we know, so that he doesn't just simply disappear. Having a war where the U.S. is 'grudgingly involved'... rubbish. Our efforts were elsewhere at the time, and remain so.

Demographics will generally steer events, and they did.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-05-16 08:41|| 2016-05-16 08:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Lessee... 1962... Cold War...ANC sponsored by the Commie Bloc... History...

Posted by Pappy 2016-05-16 08:46|| 2016-05-16 08:46|| Front Page Top

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