Disarming Apartheid The End of South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Programme and Accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968–1991
Book contents
- Disarming Apartheid
- Reviews
- Disarming Apartheid
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Development of Pretoria’s Nuclear Industry and Relations with the IAEA, 1950–1977
- 2 Towards Nuclear Weapons – Away from Safeguards
- 3 Nuclear Diplomacy
- 4 Towards the End of South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons and NPT Negotiations, 1988–1989
- 5 South African Movement towards NPT Signature, 1990–1991
- 6 Post-NPT Accession
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Towards the End of South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons and NPT Negotiations, 1988–1989
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2024
Book contents
- Disarming Apartheid
- Reviews
- Disarming Apartheid
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Development of Pretoria’s Nuclear Industry and Relations with the IAEA, 1950–1977
- 2 Towards Nuclear Weapons – Away from Safeguards
- 3 Nuclear Diplomacy
- 4 Towards the End of South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons and NPT Negotiations, 1988–1989
- 5 South African Movement towards NPT Signature, 1990–1991
- 6 Post-NPT Accession
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 4 traces how South Africa’s position on the NPT evolved during the transition from P. W. Botha to F. W. de Klerk. My concentrated attention here lies on the role played by the South African DFA because the department’s officials were intimately involved in setting up these multilateral talks and, more crucially, were at the forefront of advocating the South African strategy on the NPT internationally. The ensuing discussion reconstructs events chronologically, bringing together the views of the South African, British, American and Soviet officials who dealt with the issue.
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- Disarming ApartheidThe End of South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Programme and Accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968–1991, pp. 105 - 137Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024