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Olivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda

Olivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda

Date
2 May 1988
Updated
22 Aug 2019
Olivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda

Olivia Forsyth escaped from her guards and took refuge in the British embassy in Luanda. She was a self-confessed SA spy of the security police in the African National Congress who was held prisoner at the ANC Quatro prison camp in Angola for seven months and spent another fifteen months under ANC guard in Luanda. Sources: South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 144. http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/pr/1989/pr0214.html

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Olivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011470

South African History Online (2011) 'Olivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011470 (Accessed: 31 August 2026).

South African History Online, Olivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011470, (accessed 31 August 2026).

"Olivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011470. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Olivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011470.

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