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2(,.3 Anti- Movement 13 Mandela Street, London NW1 ODW. Tel: 071 387 7966. Fax: 071 388 0173 NC/SEPT 93/2 MINUTES OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE 10TH JULY 1993UNISON, 1 MABLEDON PLACE, LONDON WC1. PRESENT Individuals: R Hughes (Chair), I Stuart, M Sparham, P Carroll, B Switzer, D Craine (& ELTSA), R Jewkes, D Kenvyn (& Redbridge AA), G Watson, C Gurney, R Harris, C Burford, A Kruthoffer, M Stacey (& Southwark AA), H Kimble (& Oxford AA), M Terry. Local Groups and Regional Committees: SW Region: D Starrs, Wandsworth A: M Sawyerr, Kingston & Sutton AA: N Laurence, Tyneside AA: S Allcroft, Lewisham AA: C Duah, Wessex Region: D Hoadley, Haringey AA: J Rudin, Southampton AA: A Ridehalgh, Birmingham AA: A Chaffer, Bristol AA: D Spurgeon, Swindon AA: A Kempshall. Voting Organisations: UNA: R Karesh, MAC: P Brayshaw, CRS London Political Cttee: R Dixon. Observer Organisations: LAAA: N Roy. Guest: Mandla Langa, ANC Acting Chief Representative. Staff in attendance: G Omasta-Milsom, J Hughes, R Dadoo. 1.00 APOLOGIES: Bishop Huddleston, Oldham and district AA, Huddersfield AA, Yorkshire and Humberside AA, Aberdeen AA, MSF, Bradford AA, P Blomfield, Sheffield AA, Canterbury AA, Merseyside AA, Blackburn and Darwin AA, Nottingham AA, Greater Manchester AA, UNISON, GMB, C Adkins, GPMU, M Malik, Sir David Steel, V Pillay, A Minty, M Ling, Colchester and District AA. 2.00 MINUTES OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING 24/4/93 fNC/JLY 93/2): The Minutes (NC/APR 93/2) were agreed as a correct record. Under this item Bob Hughes drew the meetings attention to the revised agenda and timetable. These were agreed except that it was agreed to take item 4.00 as the first agenda item, as Mandla Langa had to leave the meeting early. 4.00 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ASSESSMENT OF THE PEACE. FREEDOM AND VOTE CAMPAIGN (NC/JLY 93/3.4.6.7 & 13): Bob Hughes welcomed Mandla Langa to the NC meeting. Since the last NC meeting, he recalled, that there had been major developments in South Africa including agreement on the date for elections and it was particularly important that we were able to be briefed fully by the ANC. He also drew the NC's attention to two documents from the ANC which had been made available at the meeting, the ANC Negotiations Bulletin and a Statement on Violence. Mandla Langa then gave a briefing on the current approach of the ANC towards the negotiating process. He emphasised that their priority was to progress as quickly as possible toward democracy in a unitary state and that in order to maintain progress at the negotiating table the ANC had to demonstrate flexibility. He saw as the most difficult hurdle at present the issue of control of the SADF and their links with rightwing terrorist elements. To this end he emphasised the need for the international community to help ensure that the election would be sufficiently monitored, as well as to concentrate on raising funds for the ANC to carry out effectively its election campaign. He also referred to the meeting between and Chief Buthelezi which the ANC had hoped would result in a de-escalation of political violence. Following Mandla Langa's briefing there was a period for questions and discussions which covered the question of impartial policing and prospects for a military coup. The meeting then moved on to discuss the campaigning implications. Anna Kruthoffer presented the Assessment of the 'Peace, Freedom and the Vote' Campaign (NC/JLY 93/13). It was felt that overall the campaign had been successful and that the march and rally, although not turning out as many people as had been hoped, had gone down well by those attending. Whilst admitting that it was not possible to mobilise in the same way as had been done in the past, and that in general the level of political activism had gone down, it was felt that more work could have been done to mobilise for the event. FOR FREEDOM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA In discussion there were varied opinions by local groups outside of London to the march and rally. Tyneside felt that mobilising people to an event in London was very difficult in the present climate and that therefore they had not prioritised the event, whilst Birmingham felt that they had managed to put out a lot of material and managed to get a good turnout down to London. Bob Hughes noted the work that had been done by the staff and local groups for the campaign and it was agreed to put on record the NC's appreciation. 3.00 MATTERS ARISING FROM NC MEETING 24/4/93 (NC/JLY 93/12): Mike Terry drew the meeting's attention to Section A of the Report to the NC, which was a written report on Matters Arising from the last meeting of the NC. In addition to this written report the following points were made: 3.01 Trade Union Work It was agreed that every effort should be made to ensure the trade union seminar took place, especially since the TUC Emergency Fund had now raised a total of £35,000 and this was designed to provide funds for such activities. 3.02 Pilatus Aircraft In addition to the written report it was agreed that the Officers should seek a meeting with Thabo Mbeki to seek clarity on ANC policy on this matter and to discuss this and other matters since he was planning to visit London the following week. 3.03 Sanctions Policy The written report outlined developments in this area since the last NC meeting both in relation to the general policy on sanctions as well as the specific issue of South Africa's debt. The National Committee advice was sought as to the priority to attach to this area of work, especially in the light of developments in relation to the negotiations. In particular it was noted that the decision taken by the NC in April to approach companies had not been acted upon because of other developments. The NC agreed that the Executive Committee should look at the matter and report back to the NC meeting in September so that further consideration could be given in the light of progress or otherwise in the negotiations. Bob Hughes suggested that this could be a matter which the Officers could raise with Thabo Mbeki in order to seek clarification on the ANC's approach. 3.04 South Africa's nuclear policy NC/JLY 93/12 outlined that although the issue of nuclear policy has not been prioritised, in representations to the European Council of Ministers and to the British government the case for maintaining the EC ban on nuclear relations with South Africa had been made. It was agreed that the EC should give this matter further consideration. 5.00 ASSESSMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: A written report on developments relating to the International Conference was set out in the Report to the NC (Section B). Mike Terry also drew the meetings attention to the documents which had been circulated arising from the International Conference, namely the Conference Declaration and Secretary's Report as well as the draft Strategy Document. A mailing was due to be despatched to all the participants in the near future. To follow up the Conference, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and Bishop Huddleston had written to the Secretary-Generals of the UN, the OAU and Commonwealth as well as the EC with the main documents. The UN has also agreed to reproduce the Conference Documents as an official UN Security Council document. Mike Terry added that it is envisaged that the Strategy document - 'Southern Africa: Towards a New Agenda for International Solidarity' would be published in its final format at the beginning of September and therefore comments and suggestions were sought as a matter of urgency and by the end of Julyat the latest. The National Committee thanked Mike Terry and the office staff for the work they had put in to organising the Conference. Peter Brayshaw said that Lopo do Nascimento had raised with him the absence of any specific reference to the current crisis in . He suggested that this feature in the Strategy document. Mike Terry replied that the Conference Secretary's Report circulated at the meeting had been a draft and that the issue of Angola had been incorporated in the printed text. The Strategy document was a different type of document which sought to look to the future in relation to new forms of solidarity, however it contained references to both Angola and . 6.00 FURTHER DISCUSSION ON CAMPAIGNING FOR 'FREE AND FAIR' ELECTIONS (NC/JLY 93/5.5a,10 & 11) INCLUDING FUNDRAISING FOR THE ANC AND OTHER DEMOCRATIC FORCES (NC/JLY 93/10): Mike Terry introduced this item by recalling that the demands of the 'Peace, Freedom and the Vote' campaign had been for an election date, the establishment of a TEC and joint control of the security forces. Now the election date had been set for April 27th and the establishment of a TEC seemed likely to follow, ensuring that the election process would be 'free and fair' should be the Movement's priority for the next nine months. The AAM had already made extensive preparations for this situation. A draft Programme of Action had been agreed at the NC meeting in February and a successful Seminar organised in March. In order to move the campaign forward a report had been prepared for the meeting (NC/Jly 93/11) immediately following the agreement on 2 July that the elections would take place on 27 April 1994. These proposals included (i) the finalisation of the Programme of Action - a report, 5a, gave details of areas where it needed to be updated - and (ii) the production of a Manifesto, a draft text of which was circulated. The Manifesto, it was explained, aimed to be a more accessible and condensed version of the main points in the Programme of Action. It was also proposed that there should be a ceremony to launch the Campaign on 27 July - nine months before the election date. The NC welcomed the proposals and approved both the Manifesto and the Programme of Action subject to any suggestions or amendments to be received by the following Wednesday. There was also a proposal to produce an Election Monitor. It was suggested that this be a fortnightly publication with a £10.00 subscription fee. There was some discussion over the cost and frequency of the Election Monitor and suggestions of disseminating it via E-Mail and over a telephone information line. It was explained that the proposal that it be fortnightly, was because the aim was to report on the many small instances of irregularities during the election process to keep people informed of the ongoing situation, rather than focusing on key events alone. The EC was asked to finalise this matter. It was suggested that the campaign and the different publications be pushed in the early autumn with an event or day of action and that the National Committee should have a longer discussion on the campaign at its next meeting. These suggestions were agreed. The London Committee reported that they were aiming to produce speakers notes to cover the general background to the election process and that the Monitor would be useful for speakers to use for more detailed and topical information. It was agreed to look into the other suggestions. The proposal in NC/JLY 93/11 were agreed. ANC Fundraising It was agreed to discuss the specific proposals concerning AAM's fundraising through twinning under agenda item 7.00. However a report was given of the ANC's plans to launch its Votes for Freedom campaign now that the election date had been agreed. It was aiming to raise Eimillion. An advert was to be placed in the Guardian on the following Monday to secure as many contacts as possible for direct mailing throughout the election campaign. Trade unions had started looking into their own fundraising campaigns. The National Committee welcomed the TGWU appeal to raise £100,000 and the launch of the MSF South Africa Solidarity Fund. Mike Terry reported that Mendi Msimang had proposed a meeting between the ANC and Archbishop Huddleston and other Officers of the Movement to ensure that the fundraising efforts of the AAM, the trade unions and the ANC itself worked harmoniously together, and did not impinge upon each other. The National Committee welcomed the Votes for Freedom campaign and agreed to give it its full support. It was also decided that more detailed proposals should be presented to the next NC meeting including the question of fundraising for democratic forces other than the ANC by which time it might be clearer who would be contesting the elections. 7.00 FUTURE PERSPECTIVES FOR 'TWINNING': Dave Kenvyn reported back from the twinning seminar held in the morning. It had been agreed to support the ANC's central fund in the form of regional fundraising for specific items as outlined in NC/JLY 93/10. Mandla Langa said that the ANC would thank contributors. Two regions have already started fundraising for public address systems but the seminar felt bicycles would be an item which would be useful in the election campaign and also would be affordable targets for AAM groups. Details of the 'topping up' scheme would need to be worked out and it was felt that national publicity and maybe a national launch would be useful. In discussion it was mentioned that perhaps it was not necessary to fundraise via twinning regions as people would give money to the election fund in any case. Mike Terry pointed out that the object of using the twinned regions for fundraising was to strengthen the links between the twinned regions and hopefully to sustain contact between them after the election process. The proposals from the twinning seminar outlined in NC/JLY 93/10 were agreed. 8.00 ANGOLA (NC/JLY 93/14 & 14a): Peter Brayshaw gave an update on the situation in Angola. He noted that death and human suffering as a result of the war was escalating rapidly even though there had been a lull in the actual fighting. Internationally the US had recognised the Angolan government and the UN Security Council had adopted Resolution 834 which strongly condemns UNITA. However pressure still needs to be brought to bear to force the UN and the USA to translate its words into any form of action. He then went on to outline the activities of the Angola Emergency Campaign including plans for a fortnight of action on the anniversary of the Angolan elections (from September 29 to October 13). These were outlined in NC/JLY 93/14 and 14A and included a launch of the Fortnight with a fringe meeting at the Labour Party Conference and a public meeting in London including meetings around the country, petitioning and placing an advert with signatures endorsing the petition text in the Guardian. After a discussion the campaign plans were agreed as a basis for presentation to the next meeting of the Angola Emergency Campaign. The NC was asked to send in any comments on the plans prior to this meeting on 21 July. 9.00 HONORARY TREASURER'S REPORT (NC/JLY 93/9): Mike Terry apologised both for the absence of Richard Caborn on constituency business and Suresh Kamath whom it had been hoped would introduce the report. He went through the key items of the report as well as the recommendations. The estimated income for this financial year was £390,000 which would be a shortfall of £9,000 to the revised budget. Expenditure could not be predicted, since figures for June were not yet available, but it was not expected to go over the budget, therefore the surplus should be £25,000. He outlined some of the initiatives which had helped raise funds. Nigel Laurence was thanked for his work in organising the Freedom Run and the group of fundraisers including ex-fundraising staff members was thanked for organising Trevor Huddleston's 80th Birthday Appeal. The finance committee agreed that given the figures, the interim budget could be agreed to as the budget for 1993/4. It therefore made four recommendations as set out in the Honorary Treasurer's Report (NC/JLY 93/9), as follows: (i) the Interim Budget for 1993/4 should be the budget for 1993/4. (ii) the National Committee give its full support to the planned programme of fundraising activities. (iii) the Management Committee (Finance) continues to monitor on a monthly basis the expenditure of the AAM to ensure that it is within budget. (iv) the financial performance of the Movement should be subject to review by the Finance Committee and Executive Committee every three months and that if income targets are not achieved that the EC has the authority to revise the budget and take whatever steps are necessary to reduce expenditure - and to report accordingly to the NC A verbal amendment was made to point three so that it read that the Management Committee (Finance) monitored both income and expenditure. The NC then discussed a number of different aspects of the Report. In relation to fundraising Andy Chaffer (Birmingham) pointed out that it may prove difficult to organise two major fundraising activities after the election date (ie the raffle and Freedom Run), when hopefully the ANC will have won a majority and that maybe a fundraising event should be looked into before the new year. Mike Terry explained that the budget had been drawn up in the expectation that it would be much more difficult to raise funds during this period because of the ANC's election fundraising. It was going to be difficult to promote AAM fundraising activities whilst the ANC election fund was still running and this is why the plans had been drawn up in this way. It was therefore suggested that some kind of fundraising initiative be planned during the autumn. There was then a discussion about the accounts. In answer to a question Mike Terry explained that the reason that the interim budget was still on target despite column two on the income sheet showing a small loss was due to June having a higher income than most months. Also a substantial amount of expenditure (approximately £30,000) due to depreciation in the value of the leases on the premises. This did not involve actual expenditure. This explained why the outcome should be as estimated in the report. The meeting then went on to discuss the recommendations concerning the budget for 1993/4. The question was raised as what would be cut if the budget was not met. Mike Terry explained that there were very few areas in which further savings could be made. It would mean making very serious decisions over whether to make cuts in staff, campaigning, AA News, or reducing overheads by moving to smaller premises. Under this point Glenroy Watson raised the question as to what the financial position of the AAM would be after the elections and the need therefore to begin contingency planning for the future. Mike Terry advised the NC that the EC was to hold a special meeting latter in July with the specific purpose of examining these matters. He suggested that the EC report back on its deliberations to the NC and this was agreed. Mary Stacey raised a question over proposal (iv) since she felt it put too much authority into the hands of the Executive Committee. Bob Hughes and Mike Terry both explained that the main purpose of this point was to ensure that the Executive Committee reviewed the situation regularly. It was not appropriate for the EC to make major financial decisions on a monthly basis as the situation fluctuated rapidly. Three-monthly meetings of the Finance Committee were required in order to show financial trends so that it could then report to the EC. They added that it might not be possible to wait until a National Committee meeting before taking a decision. However, an assurance was given that the National Committee would be informed as soon as possible of any major financial decisions taken by the EC in such circumstances and whenever possible matters would be brought in the first place to the NC. The Honourary Treasurer's Report (NC/JLY 93/9) was agreed subject to the above assurance and with the proviso that fundraising activities be looked into between now and December. The report was given verbally. Hammersmith and Fulham had merged with Nottinghill to form one group; STE DP Old Street 10.00 CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE REPORT:

Branch had affiliated and the Wolverhampton local group had ceased to function. These changes were approved. 11.00 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE AGM (NC/JLY 93/8): Mike Terry introduced a report concerning arrangements for the 1993 AAM AGM. It was proposed that since Congress House was unavailable on the date previously agreed - December l1th but in view of the suitability of the TUC as a venue that the AGM take place on the closest available date which was November 28th. The Standing Orders Committee had therefore drawn up a timetable for the AGM on the basis of this date. Concern was expressed that holding the AGM on a Sunday would make it difficult for travel from outside London. It was also suggested to hold the AGM over two days as had been done in the past, particularly if the future of the movement was to be debated. Mike Terry responded by pointing out that the AGM had been held on Sunday before it became a two day event. As to a two day event he was concerned that this would result in a low level of participation. In relation to the later point Bob Hughes stated from the chair that this matter had already been decided upon at the NC meeting following the AGM. After some further discussion it was agreed to hold the AGM on Sunday 28th November providing the London Committee can arrange overnight accommodation if required - which they indicated they would be willing to do. In view of the change of date of the AGM it was agreed to hold the next National Committee on September 11th if possible in the UNISON building. 12.00 REPORT TO NATIONAL COMMITTEE (NCIJLY 93/12): In the written report to the NC (Section C) 11 different items were covered. Additional verbal reports were given in relation to the following: 12.01 (6.0) Political Prisoners The National Committee agreed to raise the issue of the Leeuwkop political prisoners currently on hunger strike with Baroness Chalker and agreed that the AAM and SATIS provided an adequate framework for campaigning on the issue of political prisoners. 12.02 (7.0) Fairford International Air Tattoo It was agreed that local groups and individual National Committee members should send letters to the government on this issue and plans for a demonstration at Fairford were approved. Local Groups in London and the surrounding area were urged to mobilise to ensure its success. 12.03 (9.00) South African Funding of the Conservative pgart The National Committee agreed to write to the Conservative Party on this issue in the light of the report in Business Age. 13.00 AOB: There were no items of other business.