Gordon C. Wong, SPECIAL DIPLOMATIC ADVISER TO THE U.S. PRESIDENT,SENIOR ADVISER TO THE YEAR OF THE CHILD,P.O. Box 1236,
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada, V6C 2T1,
March 10, 1988.Gordon C. Wong,
SPECIAL DIPLOMATIC ADVISER TO THE U.S. PRESIDENT,
SENIOR ADVISER TO THE YEAR OF THE CHILD,
P.O. Box 1236,
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada, V6C 2T1,
March 10, 1988.
The Reverend Jesse Jackson,
930 East 50th Street,
Chicago, Illinois,
U.S.A., 60615.
Reverend Jackson:
First of all, congratulations on your very impressive showing in the
March 8, l988 "Super Tuesday" primaries and caucuses.
I wish you continuing success leading into the Democratic Convention
in Atlanta.
I am now writing you this brief statement, Reverend Jackson, to advise
you beforehand that on April 2, 1988 i will send you a registered letter
containing certain document copies primarily regarding American policy
"concerning" South Africa that i advised President Jimmy Carter i would
if i didn't presently receive instructions from President Reagan how he
would have me complete my "International Diplomatic Work...on a direct
basis" in part in this field to his satisfaction.
Having received no such instructions fron President Reagan but instead
having since received the second letter from Archbishop Desmond Tutu
since we spoke by telephone twice on April 2, l986--the date of his
first press conference calling for sanctions against South Africa--and
four days later the personal letter from ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE
UNITED NATIONS Benjamin Netanyahu, i suspect there are grounds to question
the wisdom of the Reagan Administration policymaking in both fields now.
It would be redundant to include a lot of terms of reference here when i will include them in the forthcoming registered letter, but there are a few to give you a preliminary idea of why i've recently been receiving personal letters from such distinguished authorities in contemporary world affairs.
Fulfilling a promise i made to Sir Richard Attenborough (albeit delayed
because i received the two letters in the last week of February, 1988
and had to modify my plans), i have a registered letter ready to be sent
to CBS News' "60 Minutes" EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Don Hewitt on March 14, 1988.
I'm enclosing copies of the List of Contents for and page 13. of my
Christmas, 1987 statement to PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA Pieter W. Botha to
briefly show why I've chosen to make submissions to Sir Richard and CBS
News, And i'm also enclosing a copy of the List of Contents for the registered letter to Don Hewitt. (I'll send you a copy of the statement later.)
Really this is the point of this preadvisement.
This will be a substantive registered letter, Reverend Jackson--dealing
with Pretoria's "systematic racism" is a complicated undertaking--and i
don't want your staff to misunderstand what's being sent to you and set
it aside until after the elections.
The passage from 1 John 4:7 and St. John 13:35 that our friend in Cape
Town includes in his correspondence has particular relevance to our
mutual "concerns" since he sent me the second letter on February 2, 1988
and Pretoria announced its "new" repression of the 18 political opposition
groups in South Africa two days after it reached me.
Your assistance would be appreciated, Reverend Jackson.
Incidentally, copies of the documents submitted to Botha are in Washington
now. I sent copies to U.S. SENATE MINORITY LEADER Robert Dole by registered letter on January l4, 1988, and he acknowledged receipt on January
20, 1988.
Jimmy Carter also already has copies.
I remain, as always,
Gordon
C. Wong
Reverend Jackson: I sent Alan Paton a letter on March 5, 1988, and as an "incentive" to encourage it reach him, promised i'd send you a copy...