The World : S. Africa May Free Sisulu
The South African government will free jailed black leader Walter Sisulu but is irritated by Western pressure to negotiate with his African National Congress guerrilla movement, news reports said. Foreign Minister Roelof F. (Pik) Botha criticized comments this week by U.S. State Department official Herman J. Cohen, who said he expects the white-minority government to legalize outlawed groups and begin talks with them within nine months. Sisulu, 77, was sentenced in 1964 along with Nelson R. Mandela and other ANC leaders to life in prison for plotting anti-government sabotage.
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