3,000 multinational ‘companies in South Africa, at least 600 totally or partially belong to American investors. The economic ties between United States companies and the apartheid regime of South Africa are better disclosed nowadays with the riots that have occured in South Africa. However, in addition to the United States there are others who have economic and even military co-operation with the apartheid regime. 127. We have just heard the statement of the representa- tive of South Africa in which he advocated democracy for Angola and called for free elections in that country. What a surprise. That is exactly what the whole world also wants to occur in South Africa, and the people of South Africa are at this very moment tighting for it. If free elections are good, then why not in South Africa too? 128. The apartheid regime occupying South Africa and the Zionist regime occupying Palestine are identical in many respects. Both of them are agents of the global arro- gance headed by the United States. Both of them adopt strict racial policies against local inhabitants. In South Africa, the local black population, and in occupied Pales- tine, the indigenous Palestinian Arabs are the victims of those racial policies. Both regimes claim to be fighting communism in order to protect Western interests. Do you think, Mr. President, that the American oil companies in Cabinda and the American technicians and experts were really communists? 129. Both regimes are indisputably the agents of tension and instability in their respective regions. In the region of southern Africa, all the neighbouring countries such as Botswana, Angola and Mozambique are targets of South Africa’s unbridled attacks, whereas in the Middle East, all the neighbouring countries, and even those hundreds of miles away, are not immune to Zionist aggression. 130. Both regimes try to secure their borders and, to 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a critical commentary on the economic and political relationships between the United States, South Africa, and Israel. The author highlights the economic ties between American companies and the apartheid regime in South Africa, as well as the similarities between the apartheid regime and the Zionist regime in Palestine. The text also touches on the issue of free elections and democracy in both countries. Given the focus on international relations, politics, and economic ties, it is likely that the text is discussing broader themes related to international development and global politics.

**Category**
International trade, Politics