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DATE=6/11/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233729
TITLE=SAF / ARMS (L ONLY)
BYLINE=ALEX BELIDA
DATELINE=JOHANNESBURG
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  AUTHORITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA HAVE DISTANCED THEMSELVES 
FROM A CONTROVERSIAL, CONFIDENTIAL POLICE REPORT ALLEGING THE 
POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF FORMER BLACK LIBERATION ARMY MEMBERS IN 
RECENT WEAPONS THEFTS FROM THE MILITARY.  V-O-A CORRESPONDENT 
ALEX BELIDA REPORTS FROM JOHANNESBURG.
TEXT:  PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN PARKS MANKAHLANA CALLS THE REPORT 
"OUTRAGEOUS" AND SAYS  NO  ONE SHOULD WASTE TIME DISCUSSING IT.  
POLICE COMMISSIONER GEORGE FIVAZ SAYS THE CONFIDENTIAL REPORT WAS
OUTDATED BY THE TIME IT WAS LEAKED TO THE NEWS MEDIA.  HE ALSO 
SAYS IT CONTAINED WHAT HE CALLED "PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIVE 
ASSUMPTIONS."
STILL, COMMISSIONER FIVAZ TELLS REPORTERS (THURSDAY) THAT SOME 
ASPECTS OF THE DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID AND STILL NEED TO BE 
INVESTIGATED.  HE GIVES  NO  DETAILS BUT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER 
THE LEAK OF THE SECRET REPORT.
                    ///  FIVAZ ACTUALITY  ///
         IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE FOR ANY INVESTIGATION TO HAVE IN 
         CIRCULATION OUTSIDE  THE POLICE SERVICE DOCUMENTATION OF
         THIS NATURE.  ITIS  NOT  MEANT TO BE FOR PUBLIC 
         CONSUMPTION BECAUSE IT'S STILL PART AND PARCEL OF OUR 
         INVESTIGATION.
                     ///  END ACTUALITY  ///
THE REPORT, DETAILS OF WHICH WERE BROADCAST WEDNESDAY BY THE 
STATE-RUN SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, CLAIMED POLICE 
WERE CONSIDERING THE POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF FORMER BLACK 
LIBERATION ARMY MEMBERS IN A RECENT WEAPONS THEFT FROM AN ARMY 
BASE IN THE CITY OF BLOEMFONTEIN.   THE BROADCAST CAME WELL AFTER
THE ARRESTS OF THREE SUSPECTED WHITE RIGHTWING EXTREMISTS IN 
CONNECTION WITH THAT INCIDENT.
                     ///  REST OPTIONAL  ///
THE THREE MEN APPEARED IN COURT AGAIN ON THURSDAY.  ONE IS 
SCHEDULED TO REAPPEAR FOR A BAIL HEARING LATER THIS MONTH, AND 
THE CASE AGAINST THE OTHER TWO WAS POSTPONED UNTIL AUGUST, 
PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
MEANWHILE, AUTHORITIES IN CAPE TOWN HAVE REPORTED THAT A QUANTITY
OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION WERE STOLEN FROM A POLICE FACILITY 
OUTSIDE THE PORT CITY ON THURSDAY.
THERE HAVE BEEN FEARS THAT SUCH THEFTS MAY BE RELATED TO POSSIBLE
EFFORTS BY EXTREMIST GROUPS TO DESTABILIZE THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF 
NEXT YEAR'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS.   (SIGNED)
NEB/BEL/JWH/RAE
11-Jun-98 11:30 AM EDT (1530 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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