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1.2 KiB
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In 1978, Prime Minister Begin dispatched Ezer Weizman, then Israeli Defense Minister, to Pretoria to meet Botha to discuss Israeli-South African relations. | 1916-01-12 | 2006-10-31 | Paul Roux, Orange Free State, South Africa |
P.W. Botha was the Prime Minister and later President of South Africa. He also served as Defense Minister. He played a key role in developing South Africa military and nuclear capabilities.1
In 1978, Menachem Begin dispatched Ezer Weizman, then Israel Defense Minister, to Pretoria to meet P.W. Botha to discuss Israel-South Africa relations. Despite Menachem Begin intentions to downgrade the relationship, Ezer Weizman agreed with P.W. Botha on a wartime alliance between the two governments as the price for continuing nuclear tests. This led to the creation of SIMWA (SADF-IDF Mutual Wartime Agreement).1
Footnotes
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Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. TrineDay, 1992. ↩︎