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1916- 2006

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Botha, R. F. (Roelof Frederik) ("Pik")

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1915- 1983

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Malan, Magnus

1930- 2011

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1911- 2004

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August 20, 1979	Telegram from UK Ambassador to South Africa Sir David Scott Conveying Text of Letter to South African Defence Minister PW Botha UK Ambassador to South Africa Sir David Scott conveys the text of a letter he sent to South African Defense Minister P. W. Botha about UK concern that South Africa is developing a nuclear weapon.
October 17, 1977	Letter from H.M.S. Reid to C.L.G. Mallaby, 'South African Nuclear Intentions' Reid of the UK's Central and Southern African Department describes a recent visit to Pretoria, South Africa, during which he heard supposedly non-nuclear explosions taking place at the Kalahari Desert facility.
August 30, 1977	Telegram, Statement by South African Finance Minister O.P.F. Horwood on South Africa's Nuclear Intentions In a statement Horwood said that South Africa's nuclear program was for peaceful purposes, but that if it choose to, the country would make the decision to develop weapons "according to its own needs and it alone would make the decision."
September 23, 1993	Report, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 'The Agency’s Verification Activities in South Africa' Report by Director General of the IAEA on the Agency’s verification activities in South Africa and the status of the country's abandoned nuclear weapons program. The report includes an overview of the history of the program.
March 24, 1993	Speech by South African President F.W. De Klerk to a Joint Session of Parliment on Accession to the Non-Proliferation Treaty The Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations sends an extract of a speech delivered by South African President F. W. de Klerk announcing developments relating to South Africa’s nuclear capability, the normalization of international relations and accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
September 29, 1987	Memorandum on South African Military Policy on Biological and Chemical Warfare, and accompanying attachments South African Memorandum on the country's military policy on biological and chemical warfare, and accompanying attachments.
September 27, 1985	Resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference on South Africa’s Nuclear Capabilities Alarmed that South Africa may be capable of developing nuclear weapons, the IAEA calls upon South Africa to submit its nuclear facitilies to agency safeguards, and calls upon all IAEA member states to hault nuclear cooperation with South Africa.
November 8, 1984	Memorandum, Chief of the South African Military Intelligence Service to Chief of the SADF on visit to Israel Memo from the head of the South African Military Intelligence Service to the head of the South African Defence Force on security concerning South African personnel, families, documents, information and projects in Israel.
May 18, 1983	Letter from South African Defence Minister Magnus Malan to Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens South African Defence Minister Magnus Malan writes to Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens regarding the imbalance of military trade between Israel and South Africa.
April 1983	Draft letter from South African Defence Minister Magnus Malan to Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens South African Defence Minister Magnus Malan writes to new Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens expressing the hope that relations with Israel may be strengthened and expanded under his tenure. Malan express concern about the military trade imbalance, stating that "it is of such a proportion that my government must of needs consider alternatives."