SOUTH AFRICA PARLIAMENT BUILDING AND MR. MAUDLING MEETING MR. VORSTER




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Background: MR. REGINALD MAUDLING, DEPUTY LEADER OF BRITAIN'S OPPOSITION CONSERVATIVE PARTY, HAD TALKS IN CAPETOWN ON MONDAY WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN PRIME MINISTER, MR. VORSTER. MR. MAUDLING FLEW TO CAPETOWN ON MONDAY FROM JOHANNESBURG, WHERE HE HAD STARTED HIS THREE DAY VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA.

MR. MAUDLING, WHO HAD SAID HE HOPED TO DISCUSS RHODESIA WITH MR. VORSTER, SAID AFTERWARDS THAT HIS BRIEF VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA HAD GIVEN HIM A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE POLICIES OF SOUTH AFRICA AND OF THE OBJECTIONS RAISED AGAINST THEM.

BESIDES MEETING MR. VORSTER HE ALSO HAD TALKS WITH THE LEADERS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN OPPOSITION PARTIES.