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' Emmanuers Mendez talks about S. Africa From Chronicle Staff Reports ; The Rev. John Mendez of Emmanuel Baptist Church recently relumed from a two-week trip to Angola saying the United States should end all aid to South Africa's Surrogate in Angola, UNITA. • Mendez was part of a 20-mem- |)er delegation of Afro-American I ihurch and civil rights leaders led by the Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis executive director of the United ■ Church of Christ's Commission for Racial Justice headquartered in New York. The delegation set out to: (1) y jngage in a fact-finding mission in order to learn first hand some of the reality of the situation within the country today, particularly the effect of South Africa's continued inva sion of Angolan territory; (2) to Urban League to hold dinner on Sept. 8 g The Winston-Salem Urban ^^ague will hold its annual Equal ^Opportunity Dinner at 7 p.m. on "Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Benton Convention Center. A public reception will begin u 6 p.m. The keynote speaker will be he Honorable Johnny Ford, nayor of Tuskegee, Ala. Call 725-5614 for ticket infor- investigate reports of some of the atrocities committed against the people of Angola by South Africa's surrogate UNITA, led by Jonas Sav- imbi; (3) to strengthen the relation ship between ihe churches of Ango la and African American churches in the United States: (4) to conduct a mission of goodwill and to help improve the relationship between the people of Angola and the people of the United States; and (5) to observe some aspects of the progress and development of the Angolan economy, culture and soci ety. The group met with the presi dent of the People's Republic of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, visited several provinces and attended local church services. Mendez said the delegation had the opportunity to meet and talk with the victims of the war in Ango la, many of them women and chil dren who had been mutilated by land mines. He said they all expressed their desires for peace and normalized relations with the United States. The delegation returned with a 20-page report listing human rights violations,including allegations of land mines being placed by UNITA rebels in areas where children play. "UNITA can only survive through U. S. assistance to South Africa," said Mendez. "South Africa is a terrorist stale. Why then does the Reagan Administration support terrorism against Angola?" He said that South Africa "could not contin ue to fight wars and contribute to the destabilization” of surrounding nations without U.S. support. Mendez said the delegation supported the four nation peace talks currently taking place con cerning Angola and Namibia. "Angola is a new independent, sovereign slate that has the right to determine it's destiny,” he said. "I would advise the United States to look at these countries that are developing and learn to live with them." 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