DATE=3/23/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-228573
TITLE=SAF / CLINTON / SECURITY (L ONLY)
BYLINE=MICHAEL HAMLYN
DATELINE=CAPE TOWN
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  SOME PEOPLE HAVE VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT PRESIDENT 
CLINTON'S SAFETY WHEN HE VISITS SOUTH AFRICA LATER THIS WEEK.  
BUT MICHAEL HAMLYN IN CAPE TOWN REPORTS SOUTH AFRICA'S NATIONAL 
PROTECTION SERVICE SAYS IT HAS EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL.

TEXT:  GANG WARFARE HAS ALREADY INTRUDED INTO LIFE OF CAPE TOWN. 

FOUR YOUNG MEMBERS OF ONE GANG WERE SHOT DEAD RECENTLY AT THE 
GATE TO THE CITY'S MOST POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT AND SHOPPING AREA. 

PISTOLS AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC ASSAULT RIFLES ARE COMMON POSSESSIONS 
IN MANY HOMES OF CAPE TOWN'S DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

AND ANTI-GANGSTER VIGILANTIES -- WHO PLAN TO DEMONSTRATE AT CAPE 
TOWN'S AIRPORT LATE WEDNESDAY WHEN MR. CLINTON ARRIVES -- HAVE 
TAKEN THEIR CAMPAIGN TO THE HOMES OF REPORTED DRUG LORDS WITH 
GUNS AND BOMBS.  

SO, THE OFFICIAL COORDINATING PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT FOR SOUTH
AFRICA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, DUMISANE KHUMALO, SAYS SECURITY IS A 
MAJOR CONCERN.

                      ///  KHUMALO ACT  ///

         WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, IT IS A FACT THAT THE UNITED 
         STATES HAS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN THE ONE COUNTRY THAT HAS 
         LOST PRESIDENTS BEFORE DUE TO VIOLENCE, ASSASSINATIONS, 
         AND WHAT HAVE YOU.  AS A RESULT, THERE IS A VERY TIGHT 
         SECURITY NETWORK THAT IS BUILT AROUND THE PRESIDENT.  IT
         IS  NOT  BECAUSE AMERICANS ARE JUST SHOWING OFF HOW MANY
         SECRET SERVICE AGENCY THEY CAN BRING AROUND HERE, IT'S 
         BECAUSE OF A NECESSITY BASED ON THEIR HISTORICAL 
         EXPERIENCE.

                        ///  END ACT  ///

REPORTS SAY SEVERAL HUNDRED U-S SECRET SERVICE AGENTS WILL BE IN 
SOUTH AFRICA TO GUARD PRESIDENT CLINTON.  BUT THE HEAD OF SOUTH 
AFRICA'S NATIONAL PROTECTION SERVICE, GARY KREUSER, SAYS KEEPING 
MR. CLINTON SAFE IS SOUTH AFRICAN' JOB.

                      ///  KREUSER ACT  ///

         AS THE POLICE AGENCY IN A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY, WE ARE 
         RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE PRESIDENT
         OF THE UNITED STATES.  OURSELVES TOGETHER WITH THE 
         SECRET SERVICE HAVE WORKED VERY WELL TOGETHER TO DEVISE 
         A PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A SAFE AND SECURE 
         ENVIRONMENT WHEREVER HE GOES.

                        ///  END ACT  ///

///  OPT  ///   DIRECTOR KREUSER SAYS THE PEOPLE OF CAPE TOWN 
PROBABLY WILL  NOT LIKE THE SECURITY CLAMP DOWN -- NOR THE 
TRAFFIC JAMS CAUSED BY THE FLEET OF LIMOUSINES MOVING THE MR. 
CLINTON AROUND THE CITY. 

              ///  OPT  //  SECOND KREUSER ACT  ///

         TOGETHER WITH SECURITY, UNFORTUNATELY, GOES SOME 
         INCONVENIENCE.  AND I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE 
         INCONVENIENCE.  OUR PLAN IS TO KEEP THE INCONVENIENCE 
         DOWN TO A MINIMUM.   THAT'S OUR PRIORITY, AT THE SAME 
         TIME WITHOUT SACRIFICING ANY RISK TOWARDS THE PRESIDENT.
         WE HAVE ACTIVATED ALL OUR INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AS WELL, 
         TOGETHER WITH THE AMERICANS.  AND WE ARE HAPPY THAT WE 
         CAN ENSURE A SAFE AND SECURE, WHETHER IT'S FOR THE 
         PRESIDENT AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF CAPE TOWN.

                 ///  END ACT  //  END OPT  ///

PART OF THE SECURITY INVOLVES ATTEMPTS TO CONFUSE POTENTIAL 
TROUBLEMAKERS.  THE U-S GOVERNMENT HAS RESERVED MORE THAN 
ONE-THOUSAND BEDS IN CAPE TOWN HOTELS.  BUT  NO  ONE HAS YET 
ANNOUNCED WHICH HOTEL'S PRESIDENTIAL SUITE WILL BE OCCUPIED BY 
MR. CLINTON.  AND WHEN MR. CLINTON GOES TO ROBBEN ISLAND FOR A 
VISIT TO THE CELL THAT ONCE WAS HOME TO PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA,
FOUR IDENTICAL HELICOPTERS WILL MAKE THE TRIP.  BUT  NO  ONE WILL
SAY WHO WILL BE IN WHICH AIRCRAFT.  (SIGNED)

NEB/MH/JWH

23-Mar-98 12:25 PM EST (1725 UTC)
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