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Ronald Reagan: I have exercised my statutory authority to declare that the policies and actions of the Government of South Africa…

On the recordSeptember 8, 1985
I have exercised my statutory authority to declare that the policies and actions of the Government of South Africa constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy and economy of the United States.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Message to the Congress Reporting on the Prohibition of Trade and Certain Other Transactions Involving South Africa

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