Mandela’s Death or Other Dramatic Developments…

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January 29, 2023

CIA Thought ANC Leader Would Die in Jail

by T.J. Coles
Declassified US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents from the 1980s reveal that the Agency expected that Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), future President of South Africa, would die in prison. The CIA hoped that the Ronald Reagan administration (1981-89) would be able to co-opt the African National Congress (ANC), of which Mandela was a leading figure, and […]
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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by T.J. Coles.

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