The majority of the General Government: Intergovernmental Relations subseries relates to the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro). Some of the Metro documents detail the controversy surrounding Metro's purchase of South African granite for the downtown bus tunnel. The purchase violated the Metro Council's anti-apartheid policy and led to the resignation of Metro's executive director. Files in the subseries also document Initiative 28, which stated Seattle citizens' opposition to U.S. support of the governments of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, and Initiative 30, which essentially rescinded Initiative 28 as well as a resolution declaring Seattle to be a city of refuge. Seattle's sister city program is also covered in the files.