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Special Repel-The following information has been received
.. mil-om en seeretr reliable 

a3Monday "23rd  ""1982  5; 30pm? to 
9pm, at the premises of Red Lio 
TSON PICKET Brownlow Mews, 1.101 a. meeting was ~hel~d?~mi?ez?the 
SOUTH AFRICA 7 --  fwa?auspio?sitof the-City Branc  
USE - .  {or the Pn?osee-Qfs-ef the.  .-
picket out side south Aflficg, "Hd'tise?
deffr'bm?axijipms'bniMedneSan 25th Anette 1932a Attendenoe:
it"llgf was ham-invitation only and even though invited, less
well known attenders were searched at the door.
Approximetely 60 persons were present.


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3. The meeting'iuas chaired by?.
Ref ia in?emb. he AAM Ci, 
meme 0 ape? speakers were and
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.5.  of the meeting- consisted of
speeches in which?_ first outlined? the background

ton the-pioketvdl'his. related to the emoamcerstioneofr
. I David KITSON for 20 years for his m?mbershiy of the
1(30/82/75 - African National Council (ANC) and the Communist

Party of sooth'hfero'e. ?she ziswem?iain?d: thatihe .7.
picket had three aims;  




ea. 3.) ito; 'foroei the transfer of 
"who is failing in health, from;
'fP'r?etoria Central Hanging, Prison" where

starved? 1?33:
"sentenoe. under severe 
"j mo're' mo em prison a 

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toh gginlthe eventual releelse pf: .
David HTSON -. 

to highlight the conditions of political
prisoners and the "evils" of the 

7" Afric'ean?regMe . -   
.The picket is intended to continue until the South
African Government accede to the demands mentioned
aboveamen-arr

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5- then save a -
short resume of he ef orts taken to  up support 

from Memberspf Parliament and-read some?of their 
of support. finished this" part of,the_ meeting
by explaining that the purpose of the meeting was to elect
officers to sub?committees to organise various facets of
the picket-then noted to th??TeIection' of' officers
(all were unopposed) and the following were elected to
the ~pryingr111ent:i,c3ned . 

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Anti-Apartheid Movement 
regent (MM)


sh
ttee (muse)

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Organism Comttee .A .

   
 

  
 
   

 

 

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?Icommittee (SLISC and
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Everyone present was asked to contribute generously to cover
expenses during the initial period of the picket before
public. contributions started to flow in: It was stated

that AAM had already spent a large amount on advance publicity
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a representatiy of the Technical
rv es of the AUEW with special
responsi?ility tor the m- PEI .D?l?ommitteetwas present
and insisted on adverti ing the superb work done by this
committee in the past. He was, however, unable to state
exactly whatthupport TASS would give to this picket. It
seemedgthat he was present solely to report back_to the
TASS Executive CommitteengThis.caused_80me resentment in
the audience who had expected'assistance. appeared
in a.particularly bad light when the SOG?Tirepresentative
stated thatJif provided with details of the picket he
would guaranteetfull publicity inzhis-unionypaper. This
in turn roused to attack TASS on the grounds
that the Chairmanecf the TASS 
previously refused even to circulate details of the case
to ?iil'EhNanthe.question of support it was stated that a
number of?coaehes~had been 

Ere dates etc) to bring porters from othEr parts of the
couhtm?is?ueIi-?ae Brieto -Cardii?f.- Newcastle  '.Sc9tland-'

\It wasjsai??that-smo st others supporting the picket
?would?he vanessa RAVE and the workers Revolutionary
Party:} l??ssjwel as three popularemu?iealvgroups of
which "us-ho" was one. These-were expected to give
c'o?c'erts- inhalant the picket and 151;:isplicetion to play
on the active?picket lineWhen. the problem of security?f'or the KITSON

teeny, me them will be present at. rall- times on the
picket, was raised, it was decided that?this shculd be

the sole preserve-of the "Security?gsub-committee and

that no help could?be Expected or looked for from the
pelicetj Deepite the pathological dislike of the police
expressed by several members of the ECG no particular
confrontation with police was discussed or seemed to be
expected although several people queried whether police would
aLlilm:t .slegsinszhase and. othen-"eeuipment to- he Placed on



pavements overnight. ~Iuvl?i'3 

?Throughout?the meeting it was emphasised that
the picketXwould?continue until its demands were accepted
by the South African Government. stating
that she would continue the picket with, or without,
other support. .



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