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2023-02-28 Africa Subsaharan

CIA Played Key Role In Nelson Mandela's Arrest & Imprisonment, New Evidence Shows

[ZERO] A newly unearthed interview along with declassified documents point to CIA involvement in the 1962 arrest of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela by the US-friendly apartheid government. At that time, the height of the Cold War, Mandela was seen as part of the Communist opposition.

Time magazine in a new bombshell report asks the question, "Did the CIA Betray Nelson Mandela?" and comes to the conclusion that there was pivotal involvement of America's most powerful spy agency.
"Bombshell report" ....? Certainly an ironic term of reference when associated with Nelson Mandela.
The details are coming to light based on the work of Richard Stengel, collaborator on Mandela's autobiography, "Long Walk to Freedom". Stengel revisited an unpublished 1993 audio interview he had captured with Mandela, wherein the famous anti-apartheid activist and eventual South African president told him he had learned that an American consul with CIA connections had briefed South African authorities on Mandela's travel habits.

This would help lead to Mandela's arrest and imprisonment for 27 years as head of the outlawed African National Congress (ANC). Additionally now declassified CIA documents had labeled Mandela "probably communist" and confirmed that the agency had been closely tracking him anytime he went out of South Africa.

This was during the presidency of John F. Kennedy. According to Axios, "Taken together, Stengel says, the details add significantly to the evidence that the CIA was tracking Mandela and helped South African authorities arrest him as he was traveling from Durban to Johannesburg in 1962."

And according to further details revealed in the Time report:
Time Magazine, where America's facts are revealed.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-28 06:35|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 ....and confirmed that the agency had been closely tracking him anytime he went out of South Africa.

Which simply means they were doing their job. I doubt the South African authorities needed any confirmation of his politics or help in locating the communist sob.

The author collaborated with the African National Congress (ANC) with the writing of "Long Walk to Freedom," which puts this article and the book in some perspective. In South Africa, the United States is generally painted with a kak filled brush.

In the 1960 and 1970's timeframe, US policy makers were delighted that the South African Defense Force (SADF) was giving the Cubans and Russians a thrashing in Angola and other regions. The US was involved in more pressing issues in SE Asia. The betrayal however, was to come a bit later.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-28 06:55|| 2023-02-28 06:55|| Front Page Top

#2 The US is still aligned with an apartheid state today, and the CIA still aids them.

Posted by Thor Grumble2858 2023-02-28 10:53|| 2023-02-28 10:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Wait a minute. South Africa didn't fire on the USS Liberty. I'm confused. /sarc

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-02-28 11:11|| 2023-02-28 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 What sickens me almost as much as Mandela (and Winnie) himself are the celebrities who fawned all over him like he was the second coming.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-02-28 11:12|| 2023-02-28 11:12|| Front Page Top

#5 The only good commie...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-28 11:15|| 2023-02-28 11:15|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ unrepentant commie indeed.

It was a time when the CIA was after them rather than supporting them in Deep State.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-02-28 11:34|| 2023-02-28 11:34|| Front Page Top

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