- CONFIDENTIAL (Plain) METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE SPECIAL BRANCH Special Report . of "51.9139 JBJECT 1. On Sunday 20th? June 1993 a march and rally .. was held by the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) to highlight the situation in? South Africa- and, in particular, the themes of 'Peace, Freedom and the Vote.? IBJECT 2. Persons participating in the event began [ti-Apartheid assembling at Reformers Tree, Hyde Park at 1230 wemm?; hours, the crowd swelling to possibly 700 persons. lm?land During the gathering, the following publications dly were" being??sdld:4? ?Socialist ?Organiser, Workers Vanguard, Militant, Socialist WOrker, An Phoblacht . and,AntijApartheid News. 3. At 1310 an executive: committee member of the ARM, opened the proceedings ?fe'enoe ?0 Papers' and called for volunteers to organise chants when' 0191/13) the march was ?en route. He -introduced 'other speakers who- gave short addresses 'including an unidentified female member of City of London Anti- . . .Apartheid ~Group (CLAAG) and ?a male ?South JAfrican born African National Congress (ANC) member. WATSON made mention of the predicament of workers involved in the Dundee Timex dispute and seen among the crowd was a person representing the London TimeX'Support' Group selling badges and other memorabilia. 4. Headed by the Anti-Apartheid Movement banner, the march moved off from the park at 1330 hours and numbered realistically-about 500 persons. They were in a good natured mood and remained?as such for the duration of the_march. Extreme-left?wing adherents we're in little evidence although a handful of New Communist Party (NCP) supporters marched under their flag and members of the Revolutionary Communist Group (RCG) were present in a small group in another section of the procession. The largest representative group was the CLAAG contingent .J is. No. 21 ?p arra $.21th an orderly fashion. numbering around 40 persons who voiced collective support by rendering their version of a monotonous African musical chant. 5. At 1450 hours, march arrived at Trafalgar Square and was greeted Bob HUGHES, AAM organiser, who voiced his concern about the fragile state of South African politics. He prepared the way for a of quality public speakers who included ANC Deputy President: Lorna TZ MMONS President the NUS ;@111 MORRIS Secretary of he Deputy Chairman of the AAM 'mon HUGHES 'chael MEACHER MP. and, finally, Arch-Bishop Tevo_ DDLESTONE. 6. They all gave lucid examples of oppression against- black minorities, quoting instances of disinterest by the UK government in South African issues, and urged everybody to join With them in the 'last mile' of talks as the date for open elections in South Africa had now been provisionally fixed. Mike TULLEY called for donations from the assembly informing the' audience that the event had cost ?7,000 to organise' and during the speeches HUGHES read out a message of support from the Anti? Racist Alliance (ARA). Trevor gave a compelling discription of the state of affairs within South Africa describing the Government as a white minority regime who will be forced to-yield to a black majority". Shortly after HUDDLESTONE's speech Bob HUGHES thanked the audience for their participation and the assembly dispersed There were no arrests or acts of disorder throughout the march or the rally. 7. On. reflection, it. is reasonable to' comment that the organisers will be disappointed by the scant support for this event. There is every likelihood that. the expenses incurred will not be covered by donations received from the crowd. It will be remembered that previous AAM demonstrations although; not in recent months, have been well attended and the reason,'perhaps, why this particular march/rally was so poorly supported was that other world and local events, lately have held centre stage\ Furthermore, fluctuating opinions on issues of race make the task of accurately assessing the numbers likely to attend such gatherings difficult. (EHNFinf-?l 3: Bob- "Pretoriav o- 928. No. 21 1 . 8. Only one announcement of interest was, made concerning the AAM Fun Run which is to be held at Brockwell Park, London SE24, commencing at 10.30 hours on Sunday 27th June 1993. Copies of leaflets circulated on the day are hereby attached and concern only matters relating to forums/seminars to be held on admission to private premises (see Appendix 9. Detailed in Appendix to this report are the results of searches in Special Branch records on the persons and organisations who attend this event. Detective Sergeant _.Submitted: CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT