Telegram to the South African Indian Congress
(September 13, 1950)

Source: RMRB (Sept. 15, 1950), |.

The South African Indian Congress held a special conference on September [5 :
1950, in Johannesburg to discuss the intensified discriminatory attacks on nanwht
populations in the Union of South Africa, The joint secretaries of the Congress sent

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Mav on August 17, appealing for moral support from the PRC. At the time of

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Union of South Africa,
Joint Secretaries of the Conference of the South African Indian Congress

Messrs. A- |. Meer and J. N. Singh:

On behalf of the Chinese people, I completely support your stand on oppos-the discrimination against and oppression of the nonwhite population
(including Indians and other Asian nationalities) in South Africa by the gov-emment of the Union of South Africa.’ Best wishes for the success of your
conference.
(Signed and dated in Beijing)

Note

}. Atthis time the most imminent issue concerning racin! discrimination in the Union of South
Ainca was the passing of the so-called Group Areas Act, which legislated against the rights of
people of non-European descent to land tenure and ownership in the Union. (See text July 26,
195),)