The Honorable Constance Berry Newman
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs
Department of State
2201 C St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520
Dear Assistant Secretary Newman:
Journalist Al Venter offers evidence in his book, Iran’s Nuclear Option, that South Africa is actively assisting the Iranian nuclear weapons program which threatens America. Venter documents the fact that South African President Thabo Mbeki is a Marxist who has surrounded himself with followers of radical Islam. While the Bush administration recently complimented “South Africa’s commitment to progress at home and around the world,” evidence is emerging that South Africa has played a role in nuclear weapons proliferation, including to Iran. Would you address the evidence in the Venter book?