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ACTION AID-31
INFO OCT-01 AF-08 ISO-00 IGA-02 EB-07 IO-13 CIAE-00 INR-07
NSAE-00 PA-01 PRS-01 USIA-06 AGRE-00 COME-00 TRSE-00
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P 021413Z NOV 76
FM AMEMBASSY PRETORIA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6037
INFO AMEMBASSY MBABANE
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E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: PORG, SF, RH
SUBJECT: SOUTHERN AFRICA
REF: STATE 266256
1. RESEARCH AND CONTACTS WITH VARIOUS SAG OFFICES HAS PRO-
DUCED FOLLOWING LIST OF SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
LIST IS BELIEVED TO INCLUDE ALL SIGNIFICANT ORGANIZATIONS BUT
POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW ADDITIONAL MINOR GROUPINGS EXIST CANNOT
BE EXCLUDED.
A. SOUTHERN AFRICA CUSTOMS UNION: PROVIDES FOR SINGLE CUSTOMS
AREA WITH MEMBER STATES RECEIVING PRORATED SHARE OF CUSTOMS
RECEIPTS BASED ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY PLUS ADDITIONAL SHARES
FOR BLS TO COMPENSATE FOR LOSS OF FISCAL DISCRETION. UNDER
CUSTOMS UNION ARE NUMBER OF TECHNICAL COMMITTEES STUDYING
SUCH ISSUES AS UNIFORMITY OF STANDARDS, RATIONALIZATION OF
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, ETC. MEMBERS ARE SOUTH AFRICA,
BOTSWANA, LESOTHO AND SWAZILAND.
B. RAND MONETARY AREA: BASED ON TRI-LATERAL TREATY BETWEEN
S.A., LESOTHO AND SWAZILAND. KEY ELEMENT IS THAT S.A. RESERVE
BANK ACTS AS CENTRAL BANK FOR ENTIRE AREA AND RAND FORMS
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BASIS FOR ALL CURRENCIES USED IN THE AREA.
C. SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION
AND UTILIZATION OF THE SOIL (SARCCUS): AS NAME IMPLIES, THIS
IS PRIMARILY AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION FOCUSSING ON EXCHANGE
OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCH IN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION.
ORGANIZATION DATES FROM 1950. MEMBERS ARE SOUTH AFRICA,
BOTSWANA, LESOTHO, SWAZILAND, MALAWI, RHODESIA, MOZAMBIQUE
AND ANGOLA. LAST TWO COUNTRIES ARE NOT CURRENTLY PLAYING
ACTIVE ROLE IN ORGANIZATION BUT HAVE THUS FAR REMAINED
MEMBERS.
D. SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGIONAL TOURISM COUNCIL (SARTOC): AN
ORGANIZATION OF OFFICIAL TOURIST AGENCIES OF MEMBER GOVERN-
MENTS TO PROMOTE TOURISM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AREA. MEMBERS
ARE SOUTH AFRICA, LESOTHO, SWAZILAND, MALAWI AND MAURITIUS.
BELIEVE RHODESIA WAS MEMBER IN PAST BUT NOT CURRENTLY LISTED
AS MEMBER.
E. AFRICAN POSTAL UNION: REGIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR POSTAL
COOPERATION DESCRIBED AS NOT CURRENTLY VERY ACTIVE. MEMBERS
ARE SOUTH AFRICA, BOTSWANA, LESOTHO, SWAZILAND, ANGOLA,
MOZAMBIQUE AND RHODESIA.
F. SOUTH AFRICA RED LOCUST CONTROL SERVICE: SOUTH AFRICA
WAS REPORTEDLY EXPELLED BY MAJORITY VOTE FROM OVERALL RED
LOCUST CONTROL ORGANIZATION IN 1969 AND IN 1976 SET UP ITS
OWN LOCUST CONTROL SERVICE. ONLY OTHER MEMBER IS RHODESIA.
G. TEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AFRICA: LITTLE DATA
AVAILABLE HERE ON THIS ORGANIZATION WHICH APPARENTLY ASSISTS
TEA INDUSTRIES IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN RESEARCH AND MARKETING
AREAS. TWO MEMBERS WE ARE AWARE OF ARE SOUTH AFRICA AND
MALAWI BUT BELIEVE THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS IN SOUTHERN
AFRICA.
2. TRANSKEI, BY VIRTUE OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WITH SOUTH
AFRICA, FUNCTIONS AS DE FACTO MEMBER OF MOST OF THE ABOVE
ORGANIZATIONS AND IS EXPECTED TO APPLY FOR FORMAL MEMBERSHIP
WITHIN NEXT FEW MONTHS. SOUTH WEST AFRICA (NAMIBIA) OF COURSE
REPRESENTED BY SOUTH AFRICA IN ALL OF THE ABOVE ORGANIZATIONS.
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