Military andNuclear Collaboration withSouthAfricaalsoinformed t.heCommonwealth Committee ofForeign Ministers onSouthern Africathatthenewsingle-sent Cheetah aircraft hadbeenstationed neartheZimbabwe borderattheLouisTd.chard ah base,thattheplaneswereequipped withimproved fuel-efficient Snecmahtar engines ofFrenchdesign, andthatworkwasbeingcarried outbyIsrae11 technicians inSouthAfrica. TheMinisters werealsoinformed thatIsrael hadalso assisted SouthAfrica byproviding converted in-flight-refuellirI9 BQeing 707 aircraft, whichhelpedtoextendtherangeofSouthAfrican aircraft asforanthe United Republic ofTanzania andthatthoseaircraft werealsoequipped for electronic surveillance. Thethirdareaofco-operation between Israel andSouth Africainvolved Chile. Adealwasworkedoutbywhichthelatterwouldsellold -94-16F-5aircraft toIsrael. ThecostofthedealwaGesl.imftted al'.$IJSfiOmill10n in addition tothe16F-5aircraft for12Kfirbombers tobebought. byChllo. Theold engines ofthe16F-5aircraft wereexpected tobereplllc:ed withflewoneAby Israel, andtheaircraft areexpected tobedelivered toSouthAfrica. 'lI 10.TheCommonwealth Ministers werefurther informed thatSouthAfrica had recruited alargenW1lberofIsraelis aswellasotherforeign nflUouals(ur1t.s internal armaments industry andthatPretoria hadembarked onl'\mC\sldve nrm8l1'lents build-up following thewithdrawal ofitstroops fromAn901a. 01 11.ABritish MemberofParliament, TonyMarlow, whowusoni:.IvlGittothe occupied WestBankandGazaStripinSeptember 1988,was repurte~ ftRs8yingthathe hadbeentoldthatSouthAfrican armygenerals dressed incivilian clothes were advising theIsraelis onhowtocurbthePalestinian up~isin9' Aspokesman for SADFstatedthatitwasnotSADFpolicytocomment onthemovement. ofitsmembers, eitherwithinoroutside SouthAfrica. However, IsraelJ military (IC[icJaI8 denied thereport. !J/Ill. OTH~kCOLLABORATION 12.TheC,pecial Committee hasstatedinitsprevious reports that.IH:onomic relations between Israel andSout.hAfrica depend ondiamonds, qol<landother precious metals, whichareexported chrough London andZurich. 'fherefore, the tradefigures between thetwocountries donotreflect therealextehtoftheir co-operation, taJciDCiJintoconsideration thefactthatIsraelisIIIIE!Qfthemajor exportcentres intheworldfordiamonds andjewellery. 13.According toUgures provided bytheGovernment ofIsrael elHwerniugitstrade rel......i.ons",ithSouthAfrica, therewasadecrease intheirtradeJu1900.101 However, reports emanating fromSouthAfricaindicated thecontl'fuy. Therinwu:..l.Ql MAil(Johannesburg) reported thata "In1987totaltradebetween Israel andSouth Afri(~E\ was$7.47m1llion. In 198~,thofigur~roseto$341million. In1988imports ofgoodsfromSouth Africa toIsrael exceeded exports bysome$80million,Amongt.hemajor products imported byIsrael fromSouthACricaer'!mineral~I'oductn, petrol, coalandbasemetal. In1988,eXQorts f~omIsraeltotalled $1J1million of whichtheleaders werechemical products, precious st.ones findmetaIR and machinery. Alsoincluded weremedical andoptical products, ,ubbel, plastics andtextiles."ill 14.Inaddition tomassive imports ofcoalfromSouthAfrica, t.herehavebeen attem~ts touseIsraelasaconduit forSouthACrican coalgoingLoWestorn Europe. Official discussions tookplacebetween represEllltali vesoethetwo Goverrunents tomakearrangements fortheimport andstol'aIJe ('fSouthAfrican coal forthepurpose ofre-exporting itt~Wectern Europe. ~~wever, thetsrneli Deputy Kinister ofFinance declared thAthewouldstopanyattempt tore-·export South African coal.Takingintoconsideration thecontroversy concerning there-export ofSouthAfrican coal throug~ rsrael,itissuggested thatWestEuropeAn Goverr.ments andanti-aparthe~ organizations shouldmaintain vigilance toprevent suchcircumvention ofrestrictions ontheimportofSout.hAiricall (loal.!.a.1 15.SouthAfrican institutional investors werereported tobeinvolved Inrescuing theailingIsraeli Koorgroup. Koorwasoffered $500million inA20-year loanat 8.5percentbyaJohanneRburg company calledCentral Trust. KOUlplayed an important roleintheongoing cr,-cperat.ion between Israel andSO\tt.tlAfr\<:0.Its
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the economic and military collaboration between Israel and South Africa, including the trade of goods, services, and military equipment. It also touches on the controversy surrounding the re-export of South African coal through Israel. Given this content, it is likely that the text is related to international economic and trade activities.

**Category**
International trade, Industry