-(« MARCHING TO « PRETORIA »: »FOCUS ON THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND SOUTH AFRICA »)!(2ND PART)
-BEGINNING INTHE SPRING OF (1986), »CHRISTIAN TV AND RADIO PREACHERS » SYMPATHETIC TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT HAVE WAGED A MEDIA CAMPAIGN DESIGNED TO PERSUADE THEIR US AUDIENCES THAT SOUTH AFRICA HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS AND THAT THE NATIONAL AFRICAN CONGRESS IS A « SOVIET PUPPET » INTENT IN DEPRIVING THE FREE WORLD OF VITAL,STRATEGICALLY LOCATED MINERALS NECESSARY IN WEAPONS MANUFACTURING.
-AT THE (FEBRUARY 1986) CONVENTION OF THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROAD-CASTERS,A GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESSMEN CAME TO « WASHINGTON,DC » TO MEET WITH THE « NRB » EXECUTIVE COMMITTE ON THE FORMATION OF A SOUTH AFRICAN AFFILIATE.THE SOUTH AFRICANS PROPOSED A SERIES OF TOURS FOR US BROADCASTERS WHO CAME BACK AND PRODUCED PROGRAMS FAVORABLE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT.
MEANWHILE, THERE ARE SOME SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESSMEN WHO PERCEIVE THAT PERHAPS THEIR WHOLE FUTURE DEPENDS ON GETTING A DIFFRENT VIEWS ACROSS IN THIS COUNTRY,REPORTED « TOM WALLACE », »NRB EXECUTIVE COMITTEE MEMBER » AND « MANAGER OF KFAX RADIO STATION » IN « CALIFORNIA ». »NRB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR », « BEN AMSTRONG » CONFIRMED THAT THE TOUT WAS PAID FOR BY AN ANYMOUS GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESSMEN BUT ADDED THAT SOME OF THE MONEY MAY HAVE COME DIRECTLY FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT. »RONN HAUS »OF « FAMLY CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK » WAS INVITED ON A SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR BUT CANCELLED THE TRIP AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE IT WAS AT THE INVITATION OF AND UNDERWRITTEN BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT.SOME OF THE TOURS WERE ORGANIZED BY THE « FULL GOSPEL BUSINESSMEN’s FELLOSHIP INTERNATIONAL(FGBFI)WITH REDUCED AIRFARES COURTESY OF THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS.TO PROMOTE THE TOURS,THE AIRLINE PRODUCED A (30) MINUTE VIDEO CALLED THE OTHER SOUTH AFRICA NARRATED BY « STEPHEN- B- STEPHENS », AN OHIO-BASED CHRISTIAN BUSINESS MAN.THE VIDEO SHOWN AT FULL GOSPEL MEETINGS,INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH RESPECTED CHARISMATIC LEADERS « KENNETH COPELAND », « BENNY HINN » AND « RAY MAC CAULEY » AND URGES CHRISTIANS TO TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICAN TO IMBIBE ITS PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL BEAUTY;DOWN THE LINE THE CHRISTIAN TOURS ASSERTRED A MANAGER FOR SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS HAVE BEEN A BOON TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY AT A TIME WHEN MOST VACATIONERS WOULD BE FEARFUL TO TRAVEL TO THE WAR-TORN REGION…
(FROM « SPIRTUAL WARFARE »-« THE POLITICS OF CHRISTIAN RIGHT »)(THETITLE AND EXTRAS ARE FROM THE STAFF)(FIRST AMERICAN CHURCH IN PARIS(FRANCE)