Dear Log,
«[Nelson Mandela] visited Indonesia in 1997 to plead for the release of East Timor's rebel leader, Xanana Gusmao. But his status as a peacemaker was undermined when it emerged that during the meeting he sold President Suharto an array of South African arms, including jet fighters, armoured personnel carriers and machine guns that would have proved useful in crushing the East Timor uprising.»
