S. African delegate restricted
A Z P.A Reuter—r KINGSTON. January 7. ! The Jamaican Government 'has confined the sole South.; ‘African delegate to the Inter " national Monetary Fund, 1 meeting in Kingston to the! l compound of his hotel. j An official announcement jsays that the move to deprive!] IMr Johannes Hendrikus del jLoor of normal freedoms was (prompted by the Govern-!’ jment’s “unalterable opposi-l jtion to the racist policy of' i apartheid.” • South African nationals! • are normally denied entry to) • Jamaica altogether, but the; {ban was lifted for the I.M.F ■ (meeting. Finance ministers) I from developing and Indus-! (trial nations are meeting to,' 'discuss strategies for an inter-• • national monetary conferjence. expected to reshape the world’s financial system. Mr de Loor’s arrival at thej Pegasus Hotel was preceded: •bv demonstrations in front, , of the building by members: • of the ruling National • iPeople’s Party and Commun-; jists. I
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34045, 8 January 1976, Page 9
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147S. African delegate restricted Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34045, 8 January 1976, Page 9
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