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Mandela publicly scoffed at the charges, calling allegations of a plot "totally unfounded." Both A.N.C. and Communist Party officials accused Pretoria of trying to drive a wedge between the long-standing allies. Mandela freely acknowledged that A.N.C. military units continued to operate underground but insisted that all A.N.C. leaders were committed to peaceful negotiations...
...them under 18, file out of the tent to begin their morning exercises. By noon they have jogged six miles, practiced hand-to-hand combat and had a lesson in Armenian history. "We need our own army," says Razmik Vasilyan, commander of the Armenian National Army, a semi-underground military force that has grown to 10,000 men since it was founded nearly a year ago. "The Soviet army simply cannot guarantee the security of Armenia...
...REED AND JOHN CALE: SONGS FOR DRELLA (Warner Bros.). Part biography of Andy Warhol, part autobiography of Reed and Cale (who were members of the Warhol-corralled Velvet Underground), part song cycle, with a little art criticism on the side. Far from hagiography and close to greatness...
...Africa's population. Mandela is seeking assurances that the U.S. will not prematurely loosen the economic sanctions it imposed on Pretoria in 1986. He is also looking for "money in buckets" to help the A.N.C., unbanned in February for the first time in 29 years, change from a militant underground force to an aboveground political organization...
...fact, the 78-year-old A.N.C. is having trouble making the transition from revolutionary underground to political party. To increase its weight at the bargaining table, it has launched a membership drive. It is also opening 14 offices around the country and providing for the expected return of 20,000 exiled members. Completing this expansion, A.N.C. officials estimate, will cost $100 million or more...