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pretoriagoventtoprovetothentraryofficialsovietradiosaidtodayallcluespointtosovietsouthafricanplicityinthedeathofchel
3presidentreagantodaynadablackcareerdiplottobeusaassadortosouthafricaedbassadorto
liberia,bassadorhenickelnprs
phyllisore:perkinsisthethirdnpresident
reaganhasnsideredinthreenthsinhisattettoappointablaan,robert
broueddohejobafterquestionshis
businessdealingsinistrationthen
terranan,aassadortodenrk,tueddohejob,
,apparentlybecausehedisagreesinistrationpolicytohafricaperkinshasbeenaforeignserviceoffiicerfortyeightyearshesfiftyeightyearsoldandhasservedintaientbeforebe
ingdeputybassyinliberiain1981hebe
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robertbroeafterquestionswereraisedabo
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africa
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in1981,hebecathe2ndinndattheuseassy
liberiain1985,hebecaaassadorheisfiftyeightyearsolhishildren
reaganfirstindicatedhisintentiontoappoijablackaassador,blacksandesinsouthafricasaidthinangablaainsthe
satheperkinsannouncentesoneday,afterpresidentreaganofferedtoiosestrongsanctionsagainstthesouthafricangoventifngressdropsitsstrongersanctionssecretaryofstate,georgeshultz,toldrepublicansenatorstodaythatavotetdoverridthepresidentsveto:ofasanctionsbilln
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