After a six month lull in fighting, December 1982 saw the
African National Congress strike back at the Apartheid regime with a vengeance.
As the December 22, 1982 National Intelligence Daily reported, the ANC
conducted a number of attacks against economic, police, and military targets
that month.
The most spectacular operation was the bombing of the
Koeburg Nuclear Power Station near Cape Town. The attack against the reactors
of the well-protected installation released no radioactivity because nuclear
fueling had not begun and caused enough damage to require three-to-six months
of repairs.
Here is the National Intelligence Daily released by the CIA in response to a Mandatory Declassification Review:
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