South African police, using information supplied by the Central Intelligence Agency, locate and arrest Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela co-founder of Umkhonto we Sizwe (“Spear of the Nation”).
Postscript: Mandela spent the next 28 years in prison.
[added 10/2/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
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References:
Nelson Mandela – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela#Arrest_and_Rivonia_trial:_1962.E2.80.9364
CIA admits: We sent Mandela to jail | | The Times & The Sunday Times.htm
www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/cia-tip-off-led-to-jailing-of-mandela-9mwcsdq9c
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