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Dáil
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South African forces in Namibia

Summary

Mitchell urged the Government to seek the confinement of South African forces and explanations for their deployment near 1 April.

Gay Mitchell Mr. G. Mitchell Fine Gael

asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take steps at United Nations level to ensure that the notorious 101st Battalion of the South African Army and all other South-West African units are confined to base immediately in Namibia; and if he will seek explanations as to the reason South Africa was mobilising so many extra troops into the north in the weeks and days before 1 April.

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