Following a change of policy in the United States of America (USA), US Secretary of State George Shultz met African National Congress (ANC) leader Oliver Tambo in Washington, D.C.
eventREF E-0012688Revised
28 January 1987
Tambo meets US representative in Washington
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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