The World - News from May 14, 1986
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A group of mediators from the British Commonwealth met in Cape Town with South African Foreign Minister Roelof F. (Pik) Botha to press their plan to arrange peace talks between Pretoria and the outlawed African National Congress. The Commonwealth plan apparently calls for South Africa to recognize the congress and free its jailed leader, Nelson Mandela, in return for a promise from the guerrillas to renounce violence.
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