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Bob Hawke: "Saya menelepon teman saya Jim Wolfensohn, yang saat itu me...

"Saya menelepon teman saya Jim Wolfensohn, yang saat itu menjalankan bank komersial swasta di New York. Saya berkata, "Datanglah ke Vancouver", dan dia melakukannya. Saya menempatkan proposisi saya kepadanya. Dia berkata, "Saya pikir itu bisa berhasil." Saya berkata, "Maukah Anda membantu kami?" Dia berkata, "Ya." Jadi, saya menyisihkan orang-orang senior dalam perbendaharaan kami dan mereka bekerja dengan Wolfensohn dan sanksi investasi diterapkan. Dan itulah yang menjatuhkan rezim. Menteri Keuangan Afrika Selatan terakhir, Barend du Plessis, mengatakan bahwa sanksi investasilah yang menempatkan paku terakhir di peti mati apartheid."

--- Bob Hawke

Versi Bahasa Inggris

I rang my friend Jim Wolfensohn, who was then running a private commercial bank in New York. I said, "Come up to Vancouver", and he did. I put my proposition to him. He said, "I think it could work." I said, "Will you help us?" He said, "Yes." So, I set aside senior people in our treasury and they worked with Wolfensohn and the investment sanctions were applied. And that's what brought the regime down. The last South African Finance Minister, Barend du Plessis, went on record as saying that it was the investment sanctions that put the final nail in the coffin of apartheid.