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Kigh School Students Win A&T lumni Scholarship:
AN ' New. allegations
', about:- South, Africa's
rival intelligence agencies
have surfaced In the trial
5 of 43 mercenaries accus ed
of hijacking a plane to;
Durban after an aborted
coup attempt in the
; Seychelles Islands last
November, u (
The testimony ofi
"mercenary" leader, Mike'
Hoare in the hijacking!
trial earlier this month
implicates Prime'
Minister P.W. Botha's
government and the
; South African Defense
Force in- the bungled!
coup attempt." '.- .
According to Hoare,
the South, African
Cabinet approved plans1
to topple the socialist '
.government ' of
jSeychelles President
Albert Rene, and
-Military Intelligence sup- .
plied the - mercenaries,
with weapons for the;
operation. ,
i In his testimony,' t
'jHoarc said he first ap
proached and then
jreceived support: from
the National Intelligence
Service but the prepara- I j j
Itions for the coup were flf P
!nnt iri thelannf theDivi-i "lmi '
sion " of Military In
telligence by the prime j
minister's office. '
There ; has been
. widespread speculation
;, about the ascendancy of
,' the Division of Military
i Intelligence (DM I) over
'the civilian National In
v telligence Service (NIS)1
- ever since former'
Defense. Minister P.W
GREENSBORO f
Four talented high I
school - students haver
been selected by the A&T,
State ; University Na-1
tional Alumni Associa
tion to receive scholar
ships ' -worth : up 'i ' to'5
$12,000 each. "J , i '
- - Winners of the awards'
- - , ' ,-1
.; expected to curry favor
in the West and enhance
'the image of the NIS,
which : . is ' receiving
adverse publicity for the
coup ft failure, ; South
;'Africa exchanged' a
Soviet aeent for ' eieht were Rilev A. Hamilton. .
German : agents and a HI, - ' Springfield,' 1 average: '
South African soldier in Virginia: Ms. Tonya An-. Hamilton
early May' ''-"- nette - ' Crawford, '
In - announcing the iReidsville;'' Ronald
swap,;; Botha Tsaid ' he1 Kenith j Lawrence, ' Jr.;?
hoped that Western na-: Gainsville Florida; and
tions that ' have
"displayed a sharpry'
; hostile attitude toward
our country'-would take
notice of South Africa's
"good - will" - in1
negotiating -; the ' ex-i
change. - The - NIS'
reportedly held talks
.directly with the KGB,
with help from' West
Germany.
i
association's first Na
tional Alumni Scholars.
The awards will be worth
$2,000 per year for an in
state student and $3,000
per year for an out-of-state
student, 5The
Durham. She is active in v ; sustained through four ship committee is Jamer .mittee are Howard Bar
the band and chorus and; 'years of study at A&T, Bridget!, ' Columbia,, nhill, Charlotte, and
will major in 'biology at.j ' Heading the scholar-' S.C. Others on the cqnv John Maye, Troy, NC.
Lawrence, who hopes !i
t mainr in fiiic!nce ft
ministration at A&T, has
iiu.iMHi. v ; r been active in the Es-
renewaoie lor jour years u:Te Servic ri.,h th,;
providing the f students
maintain at least a VB"
will
graduate from West Spr
ingfield High School in
June.' He is a member of
his school's "football
Ms. Gail Spaulding'
Frasier.p - Columbus,'- Christian Athletes,
Ohio. Students Concerned
- Announcing ; - the; About Minority 'Affairs
scholarships ' was Dr.) , and the Hi-Y. He will
Velma Speight, president; major in industrial
of the A&T State Univer-f ' engineering at A&T
French Club, choir, jazzi
ensemble and drama
.club.
f Ms. Frazier will study
electrical engineering at;
A&T. She has served,
with the Student Coun-
team, the Fellowship of ! J Columbus Sym-
pnuny vrtnesira, juniur
Olympics, Student
Eastmoor Symphonic
and
1
r. sat i !i JraGraawirs Ml xTOTKfS
V.
sity : National
Association.
According
Speight, the
comprise '
Alumni
S
to Dr.1
students',
the
Ms. Crawford will'
graduate - from . the
prestigious North
Carolinax School of
Science ; and Math in
Band, and softball
track teams. ... ;r v ..
Dr. Speight said the
alumni association will
add four National Alum
ni Scholars to the pro
gram until a total of 16 is
reached. These will be
LI x ' ?
Botha became prime !
minister ia 1978. Under
Botha's v predecessor, .
! John Vorster, the NIS
1 (then the Bureau of State
Security, or BOSS),
became embroiled in an
international scandal'
that eventually toppled
: Vomer's government.
Upon Coming to power
Botha renamed the agen
cy and reportedly reined:
it in to some extent.
Hoare's testimony,
then, fit? inwith Botha's
alleged policy of permits
.hand in its activies. Jo v 1
frifdirrhitir governments , '
in nearby : states. His
disclosures also followed '
those of two other1 s
.mercenaries who turned . ;
state's evidence and the '
statement of a NIS agent
captured in the !
Seychelles,' Martin . :,
Dolinchek,, who told or
: South African involve-'
ment in the plot.
In December, Botha
denied any knowledge of
South African involve
'ment in the operation,
but Hoare's allegations
.have not been rebutted in
detail by the govern
ment. 1 .
' The speaker of the.
South Africa parliament
will not allow debate on
the issue until the ad
' journment of the trials.
According' to . the
Financial , Mail, he
ascendancy of the DM I,
! and its style of operation
is causing resentment in
the " Department of
Foreign Affairs.
The military's recently
expressed doubts about a
negotiated settlement in
Namibia are thought to
have created "uncertain-
. ties over the South
African position In the
: peace negotiations. And
a Defense Force White
Paper on Defense and
Arms Procurement
which labeled Zambia
and Zimbabwe ''Marxist
satellite states" along
. with Mozambique' and
Angola is thought to ,
have lacked tiact as it was
released while plans for a
' meeting between Botha
and Zambian President .
., Kcftfleth t Kaunda were
' . being formalized.
In a move which was .
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