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Soldiers search Soweto houses in tense crackdown
Rifle-toting troops with attack dogs swept Diepkloof Zone One in Soweto as armored carriers ringed the area and soldiers moved door to door. Residents recalled Beirut like violence amid a week of unrest and a clash with clergymen who met President Botha. Desmond Tutu criticized the meeting and warned hardline tactics undermine negotiations. Clergymen urged recognition of apartheid’s failing policy as midnight neared for a two South Africa.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
P.W. Botha
Beirut
Cape
Diepkloof
Desmond Tutu
Botha
U.S. State Department
Washington
Tutu
State Department
Charles E. Radman
Associate Press
South
Storey