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C.I.A. and Mandela’s Arrest
Stephen Ellis, Amsterdam
Dec. 9. 2013
To the Editor:
Nelson Mandela’s membership in the South African Communist Party in the early 1960s was acknowledged by the Communist Party itself last week, confirming the findings of my own historical research, reported by Bill Keller (“Nelson Mandela, Communist,” column, Dec. 8).
Perhaps the United States government will now confirm the role of the Central Intelligence Agency in Mr. Mandela’s arrest in August 1962, which is also indicated by my research. It was the height of the Cold War, and it was all a long time ago, but the truth still counts.
STEPHEN ELLIS
Amsterdam, Dec. 9, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/opinion/cia-and-mandelas-arrest.html?pagewanted=print