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CIA • 1990

CAPE TOWN DEATH-SQUAD INQUIRY OPENS

Approved for Release: 2017/07/13 C06537689 Cape Town Death-Squad Inquiry Opens By JOHN F. BURNS Special co The New York Times CAPE TOWN, March 5 � A secret South African military unit suspected of killing opponents of apartheid ; planned at one time to replace the heart pills of Nelson Mandela's lawyer with tablets designed to induce a heart attack, a judicial inquiry was told to- day. In a day of bizarre testimony, the in- quiry, which opened today, was told that the military unit, known as the...
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Created
Feb 24, 2023
Released
Feb 24, 2023
Publication
Mar 6, 1990
Case number
F-2014-00485

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Metadata

Document #

06537689

Case #

F-2014-00485

Document Type

FOIA

Collection

FOIA Collection

Release Decision

RIFPUB

Original Classification

U

Sequence

Pages

1 pages

File Size

67.75 KB