Letter from Pik Botha to Alexander Haig regarding the independence of Namibia in the context of international relations, stabilisation of the southern African region and the exclusion of Soviet forces.
Archive record
Letter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig Jr, Secretary of State, Washington DC

- Origin date
- 19 June 1959
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Letter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig Jr, Secretary of State, Washington DC . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113327
South African History Online (2016) 'Letter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig Jr, Secretary of State, Washington DC ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113327 (Accessed: 28 July 2026).
South African History Online, Letter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig Jr, Secretary of State, Washington DC [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113327, (accessed 28 July 2026).
"Letter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig Jr, Secretary of State, Washington DC ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113327. Accessed 28 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Letter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, to the Honourable Alexander M Haig Jr, Secretary of State, Washington DC ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113327.
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