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Archive: Nelson Mandela speaks to world's press

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Leading anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela has held his first news conference since being released from prison after 27 years.

Mr Mandela said that he had walked free into a very different South Africa and had been surprised by the number of white people who appeared to identify with his plight.

First broadcast 12 February 1990

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