Press Statement by :

Economist Allied for Arms Reduction - South Africa

17 November 2003

ECAAR-SA
3B Alpine Mews
High Cape
Cape Town 8001

021-465-7423
ecaar@icon.co.za 

The government has today supplied the International Offers Negotiating Team and Financial Working group papers that were awarded to ECAAR-SA by the Cape High Court on March 26 2003. ECAAR-SA has agreed to postpone sine die -- until satisfied that the documents furnished are complete -- its application scheduled for today for a declaration that the President, the government and the Minister of Finance are in contempt-of-court.

These documents, in combination with the British-South African government loan agreements and other documents already held, will enable ECAAR-SA to proceed with the hearing on February 17 2004 for the loan agreements that give effect to the arms deal to be set aside as unconstitutional. Such a judgment, we believe, will cancel the arms deal.

Terry Crawford-Browne

With acknowledgements to Terry Crawford-Browne and ECAAR-SA.