Word: angolans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington insiders to guide them through the bureaucratic and congressional maze and polish their sometimes unsavory images in the U.S. The Marcos government in the Philippines has retained the well-connected lobbying firm of Black, Manafort & Stone for a reported fee of $900,000. Another Black, Manafort client is Angolan Rebel Jonas Savimbi (see box). Not to be outdone, the Marxist regime of Angola hired Bob Gray's firm to front for it in Washington. Two years ago, Gray told TIME that he checks with his "good friend," CIA Director William Casey, before taking on clients who might be inimical...
Believe it or not, the administration's designs for Angola are even worse. State Department officials acknowledged last week that the U.S. will give $15 million in "covert" aid to Angolan rebels led by Jonas Savimbi. The rebels are fighting against the Cuban-backed Angolan government...
Again, the policy pays little attention to the past: for example, to the fact that Cuban troops were invited by the Angolan government to help repel an invasion by South African forces from bases in the illegally occupied territory of Namibia...
...delivered a foreign policy address to the convention. Kirkpatrick called on the U.S. to "let the world know we stand with those who stand for freedom," a reference to anti-Soviet guerrillas who are fighting without U.S. military aid. One of the most prominent of these leaders, Angolan Rebel Jonas Savimbi, won a standing ovation when he appeared at the convention...
Savimbi also argues that U.S. aid of another sort helps bolster the current Angolan regime. The M.P.L.A. government earns $2 billion a year in oil revenues from Chevron Corp. through Chevron's subsidiary Gulf Corp., which owns a 49% interest in Angola's Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Says one UNITA leader: "Gulf Oil has been subsidizing the Soviet and Cuban occupation of Angola." Although the U.S. has long supported and encouraged the American industrial presence in Angola, Crocker last week issued a warning to U.S. companies: "They are in the middle of a war zone. They should be thinking about...