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New details point to CIA role in Nelson Mandela's 1962 arrest

New details being published Monday by TIME.com appear to strengthen claims that the CIA helped South Africa's racist regime capture anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela in 1962.

Why it matters: The report adds to evidence that President John F. Kennedy's administration played a role in Mandela's arrest at a time when U.S. officials were coming to grips with an increasingly intense civil rights movement in America.


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