Word: cabinda
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Despite the crisp briefing style that runs through his analysis and schedule of possible options, Farber shows some remarkable lapses in political sophistication. For example, after noting the low security precautions at the Gulf concession in Cabinda, Farber advances several of what he describes as "conspiratorial theories" to explain why the drilling and refining equipment has not been sabotaged by the liberation forces. Yet inexplicably--at a time when enormous destruction is being visited on North and South Vietnamese by the American bombing campaign--it does not occur to Farber that the guerrillas might be afraid that attacking the Gulf...
With regard to the demand that Gulf withdraw draw from Angola. Farber reported that "the impact of a Gulf withdrawal on the production of oil at Cabinda, on revenues to the government on other foreign investors Angola and on government policis would be extremely limited...
...tiny enclave of Cabinda, the site of Angola's newly-discovered oil reserves and the rebel groups' second front, no one speaks of the war, except perhaps twice a year, when the explosion of a land mine is reported, an often as not killing civilians rather than military personnel...
Since 1966, when oil was first discovered in the province of Cabinda, Gulf has been a major contributor to the Portuguese colonial regime in Angola and southern Africa. There is no doubt that Gulf's payments to Portugal, which could total as much as $33 million in 1972, aid Portugal in conducting its war against African liberation forces...
Furthermore, under the terms of the present contract, Portugal has the right to purchase 50 per cent of the crude oil produced in Cabinda. Should the Portuguese government ever exercise this option, the oil would undoubtedly be used to fuel the Portuguese military machine...