World IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : De Klerk Shakes Up Army Intelligence
President Frederik W. de Klerk, reacting to accusations of an army “dirty tricks” campaign, said he has replaced the command of South African military intelligence and ordered some of its files seized. De Klerk said in a statement after a 10-hour Cabinet meeting that Gen. Pierre Steyn, chief of the Defense Force Staff, had been placed in immediate command of all intelligence organizations of the armed forces. De Klerk announced the measures in response to a statement by a judicial inquiry that said military intelligence had sought to subvert Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress by involving its guerrillas in common crime.
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