De Klerk Reported Planning U.S. Visit in June
President Frederik W. de Klerk, leading his country out of diplomatic quarantine, will visit the United States in June, sources close to the South African government said Thursday.
It would be the first visit to Washington by a South African head of government since the Afrikaner-based National Party assumed power in 1948 and introduced apartheid, its legislated system of racial segregation.
President Bush invited De Klerk to the White House in February after the government released black leader Nelson R. Mandela and legalized black opposition activity.
Bush also invited Mandela.
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