RANDALL ROBINSON FREE SOUTH AFRICA/TRANSAFRICA 545 EIGHTH STREET S.E. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003 RUSHING YOU THIS EMERGENCY ALERT WITH FERVENT HOPE THAT YOU, AS STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF FREE SOUTH AFRICA MOVEMENT, WILL STAND WITH US AS WE PREPARE FOR HISTORIC VISIT OF NELSON MANDELA TO U.S.A. ON JUNE 20! LEFT WASHINGTON ON MAY 21 FOR EIGHT-DAY TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA TO PLAN STRATEGY FOR JUNE TOUR WITH NELSON MANDELA AND OTHER KEY LEADERS OF AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS. FREE SOUTH AFRICA MOVEMENT NOW FINALIZING SCHEDULE AND POLITICAL ARENA FOR MANDELA TOUR -- AND PLANS FOR UNPRECEDENTED MOBILIZATION OF AMERICAN PEOPLE IN EIGHT MAJOR CITIES. OUR OBJECTIVE: TO END APARTHEID AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS HISTORIC MANDELA TOUR -- TRAVELING TO NEW YORK CITY, BOSTON, ATLANTA, DETROIT, LOS ANGELES, THE BAY AREA, MIAMI AND WASHINGTON, D.C . -- WILL CAPTURE ATTENTION OF NATION'S MEDIA AND ENLIST HELP OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN FINAL STEPS REQUIRED TO END APARTHEID. NELSON MANDELA'S TOWERING SYMBOLIC PRESENCE -- LIKE NOTHING ELSE -- WILL DRIVE HOME URGENT NEED TO MOVE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT ON IRREVERSIBLE COURSE TO CREATE ONE-PERSON, ONE-VOTE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY . THROUGH WIDE RANGING PUBLICITY GENERATED BY MANDELA'S TRIP, WE WILL OVERCOME SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT'S NEWS BLACK-OUT AND MOBILIZE AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION TO END THE NIGHTMARE OF UNLAWFUL DETENTION, TORTURE, KILLINGS AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST DEFENSELESS PEOPLE IN SOUTH AF'RICA. TRANSAFRICA WILL WORK IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS TO PROPOSE MEANINGFUL ACTION STEPS REQUIRED TO END APARTHEID. MUST NOT ALLOW AMERICAN PEOPLE OR U.S. GOVERNMENT TO TUNE OUT GREATEST MORAL OUTRAGE--- OF OUR TIMES -- ESPECIALLY WHEN WE STAND AT CRUCIAL CROSSROADS OF OUR LONG-FOUGHT STRUGGLE TO END APARTHEID. YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED TO SET STAGE FOR FRONT-LINE MEDIA COVERAGE FROM JOURNALISTS AND NATIONAL RADIO AND TV NETWORKS. WE MUST REACH MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ENERGIZING THEIR PARTICIPATION WITH US IN DEMANDING FAR TOUGHER ACTIONS AGAINST GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA. CONVINCED THIS HISTORIC VISIT WILL BRING UNPRECEDENTED PRESSURE TO BEAR ON GEORGE BUSH AND U.S. CONGRESS. THE SHIFT IN AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION WILL ALSO HAVE POWERFUL IMPACT ON EMERGENCY ALERT PAGE TWO OTHER WESTERN LEADERS, MOVING THEM TO TAKE STRONGER ACTION AS WELL. NELSON MANDELA WILL TRAVEL WITH ME TO WHITE HOUSE -- TO PERSONALLY URGE PRESIDENT BUSH TO SUPPORT DRIVE FOR FAR TOUGHER ECONOMIC SANCTIONS! ALTHOUGH THE SOUTH AFRICAN REGIME HAS REPEATEDLY TRIED TO KILL OUR MOVEMENT THROUGH A TOTAL NEWS BLACKOUT , BRINGING MOST RESPECTED LEADER OF SOUTH AFRICA'S FREEDOM STRUGGLE TO THIS COUNTRY WILL AWAKEN AND ENLIST ENERGIES OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS EAGER TO JOIN IN HELPING TO RESOLVE THIS GREAT MORAL ISSUE OF OUR TIME. ABOLITION OF APARTHEID AND FREEDOM FOR 27 MILLION BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS IS A DREAM YOU AND I HAVE WORKED LONG AND HARD TO REALIZE. AND I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR STRONG SUPPORT. NOW WE MUST TOGETHER TAKE THE NEXT GIANT STEP TOWARD ACHIEVING DEMOCRATIC RULE IN SOUTH AFRICA. BUT WE MUST ACT DECISIVELY - - NOW! CANNOT PLEAD STRONGLY-- - ENOUGH-- FOR THE URGENT AND DIRE NEED OF SUPPORT FROM OUTSIDE SOUTH AFRICA TO HELP END APARTHEID NOW! URGE YOU TO SUPPORT OUR ACTIONS TODAY . AND ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT AS WE CARRY OUR FIGHT FORWARD ACROSS THE U.S. IN JUNE. THANK YOU. RANDALL ROBINSON FREE SOUTH AFRICA MOVEMENT DEAR RANDALL ROBINSON, YES, I WILL HELP YOU STOP THE DEGRADATION AND INHUMANITY OF APARTHEID! AND BECAUSE I AGREE THAT NELSON MANDELA'S MAJOR CITIES TOUR JUNE 20-30 WILL RIVET NATIONAL AND WORLDWIDE ATTENTION ON THE NEXT MAJOR STEPS NECESSARY FOR ENDING APARTHEID AND ENLIST MILLIONS OF CONCERNED AMERICANS IN THIS FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, I'M ENCLOSING MY CONTRIBUTION TODAY FOR: D $20 D $30 D $40 D Other $ ---- WM MINTER 1839 NEWTON ST. N.W. WASHINGTON, DC 20010 TGll 00143529 PLEASE MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO TRANSAFRICA AND RETURN WITH THIS FORM IN ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRANSAFRICA ARE NOT TAX-DEDUCTIBLE . PLEASE REFOLD FORM SO THAT ADDRESS BELOW SHOWS THROUGH WINDOW OF REPLY ENVELOPE, AND RETURN WITH YOUR CONTRIBUTION. FIRST CLASS PERMIT NO. 13062 WASHINGTON, D. C. POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY ADRESSEE TRANSAFRICA 545 EIGHTH STREET S.E. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003 .