from a correspondent
The Review of International Affairs for June (a Yugoslav publication) contains a useful article on the progress made in establishing an international boycott of South Africa. A table of trade between eight leading western countre ies and South Africa spotlights the key role of Britain and America in maintaining the existing regime in South Africa, Ap art from Britain's £1,000 million investments in South Africa (see The Week No. 22) she imported £111 million worth of goods from South Africa in the first six months of 1963. Exports to that country were worth £118 million, The article lists what individual states have done to apply the boycotts
",,.Algeria announced a total boycott of South Africa on April 30, 1963, and at the same time broke off all relations with Portugal. Cameroons closed its sea and airports to South Africa on July 12, Ethiopia, which had no diplomatic relations with South Africa, announced a total trade boycott and closed her air space to South 4frican planes. Ivory Coast closed her sea and -airports on duly . 16 and refused ‘overflying rights to South Africa," Libya did likewise on August 31. "Mauritania also closed her air and seaports and announced a trade boycott of South Africa, Sudan had already broken off trade relations with South Africa in 1962, and she now closed her air and seaports, Tanganyika announced a total direct and indirect trade boycott of South A,rica on September 50. Uganda boycotted South Africa goods in November 1962, and has now banned all Uganda exports to South Africa, United drab Republic refused overflying rights to South Africa on August 7 and announced the breaking off of all economic relations on September 23, If further banned all South African ships from calling at UAR ports and instructed UAR vessels not to enter South African portSese.eeBy September 30, 1963, Congo (Leopoldville), Dahomey, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Tunisia, all informed U Thant that they had fully complied with the November 1962 resolution of the General Assembly. Kenya announced a total ban on trade with South Africa on November 13ee.
"In May, 1963 Burma failed to renew her contract for the purchase of 300,000 tons of South African coal. On July 13, India refused landing and apassage facilities to South African aircraft....Indonesia cut off all commercial and diplomatic relations with South Africa....In October, the Kuwaiti Government broke off diplomatic relations with South Africa and announced a trade boycott, and closed its sea and airports. In August, the Philippine Government announced a ban on strategic materials, The supply of hardwoods to South Africa valued at R4 million ennually was abandoned. Malaya also took definite boycotting steps.
"Japan, Ceylon, Pakistan and the oil-producing countries of the Middle East have taken no action, Japan takes well over 7% of South Africa's exports, Ceylon Ceylon's exports increased between 1962 and 1963. South Africa imports oil worth R36 million a year from Iran, In addition to certain countries in Latin America and Europe, South Africa imports oil from Aden, the Bahrein, and Saudi Arabian," The article goes to list the actions taken by Communist countries all of which are operating a complete boycott. The table of trade with the west goes: