South African Department of Foreign Affairs, 'South Africa's Position Regarding Entry into the KSV'

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SOUTH AFRICA’S POSITION REGARDING ENTRY INTO THE NPT

1. The three depository governments have been informed in March 1990 that the SA government will sign the NPT provided that the FLS (Zambia, Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia) undertake to do the same. They have also been confidentially informed that South Africa, even without joining the NPT, would be willing to grant safeguards inspection at its nuclear installations by Aug 1991. This would remove scepticism wrt South Africa’s track record. 

2. The three depository governments gave feedback to South Africa on the 2^nd of May 1990 in Genève concerning the FLS reactions. The heart of the matter was that although they were positive and in favour of Southern Africa being a nuclear weapon free zone, no initiative must be expected from the five Frontline States until South Africa signed the NPT. Individually the Five were in favour of South Africa being part of the NP regime. They were not in favour of joint entry with South Africa. 

3. In June 1990 certain options were mentioned to the three depository governments to try and establish their “bottom line” point of view. Namely that: 

-          They try and find ways to avert drastic action by the IAEA against SA’s position in the agency;

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