De Klerk Begins Visit to Nine European Nations
<i> Associated Press</i>
PARIS —
President Frederik W. de Klerk of South Africa arrived here today on the first stop of an 18-day European tour viewed by his government as a major step toward ending decades of international isolation.
Buoyed by a breakthrough in black-white negotiations at home, De Klerk plans to meet with presidents and prime ministers in nine West European countries--the most extensive trip by a South African leader since the governing National Party took power in 1948.
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