Botswana. The Botswana Foreiqn Minister wUs told that South Africa knew for a fact that the ANC had chosen Botswana as an important infiltration route to !iovth Africa. It was aqteed durinq this meetinq that the security forces of the two countries would once aqain attempt to come to an understandinq on practical arranqements on how to combat this qrowinq danqer. However, at a meetinq between the security forces of the two countries which Eollowed the ministerial meetinq, the Botswana security forces aqain indicated that they had no mandate to accept the proposed arranqements althouqh they themselves displayed a willinqness to do so because of a realization on their part of the destabilizinq effect of the qrowinq ANC presence in Botswana. Since Auqust 1984 the ANC has been responsible for 36 acts of terror and violence which were planned and executed from Botswana. Durinq this period 6 persons were murdered and extensive damaqe was caused to a power station near Rustenburq and the properties of individual South African citizens. The Palestine Liberation Orqanization (PLO) has for some time played an important role in the traininq of ANC terrorists and the cowardly hand qrenade attack on Deputy Minister-Desiqnate Landers and Mr. Fred Peters, National Secretary of the labour Party followed a typical PLO pattern. / . . . 5117282 Enqlish Paqe 4 The South African security forces had no alternative but to protect South Africa and its people from the increasinq number of terrorist attacks emanatinq from [btswana. Botswana has repeatedly been warned to curtail these activities in it.s territory. It is an established principle of international law that a State may not permit on its territory activities for the purpose of carryinq out acts of violence on the territory of another State, ft iS equally Well established that a State has 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a political statement or document, discussing the security concerns and tensions between Botswana and South Africa. It mentions the infiltration of the African National Congress (ANC) into Botswana and the resulting terrorist attacks. The text also references the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and its involvement in training ANC terrorists. Given the focus on security, terrorism, and international relations, it is likely that the text falls under a category related to international politics.

**Category**
International relations, Security