The Republican US President Ronald Reagan accepts that the policy of constructive engagement has failed. He announces a change in United States foreign policy entailing the US government working toward improving its relationship with black South Africans. It begins to place more pressure on the South African government to push political reforms forward.
eventREF E-0012691Revised
10 February 1987
Shift in US Foreign Policy toward apartheid state takes place
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01White House Ronald Reagan [online] Available at: www.whitehouse.gov [Accessed on 3 December 2013]
- 02Biography Ronald Reagan [online] Available at: www.biography.com [Accessed on 3 December 2013]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Shift in US Foreign Policy toward apartheid state takes place. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012691
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