ploring alternative ways of controlling the country and trying to discover
and exploit the ANC'S internal divisions. Aware that Mandela, through
sheer force of intellect and personality, had become the leader of the black
political prisoners. and that his name was a rallying call 'at home and
abroad for liberation, the government hoped to persuade Mandela to ac-
cept his freedom on condition that he abstain from politics, or renounce
revolutionary ideas and become the head of a "moderate" African move-
ment, including the Homeland politicians. For these purposes, it moved
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