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Most striking, perhaps, is the new willingness of Angolan President. José Havana have acted as security forces for Luanda's Marxist-Leninist government since their arrival in 1975. The Cuban presence has long discouraged the South Africans from considering a cease-fire along the Namibia-Angola border, a precondition for Namibian independence. Earlier this month, President Dos Santos met with Cuban Foreign Minister Isidore Malmierca Peoli in the Angolan capital. They agreed that Cuban troops would be withdrawn from Angola "as soon as all signs of possible invasion" from South Africa have stopped. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State...
...Angolans have good reason for wanting to rid themselves of the Cubans. The impoverished Luanda government must pay the troops in precious hard currency. Moreover, the Cubans have not succeeded in stamping out the resistance of Jonas Savimbi, a South African-backed rebel whose forces roam free in much of southern Angola. Dos Santos evidently believes a Cuban withdrawal will bring in significant Western economic aid to exploit Angola's vast mineral resources. But any withdrawal of the Cubans would leave open to question the fate of Savimbi and his antigovernment forces. Says one U.S. analyst: "There are many...
...cover story, they reflected on their own surrealist experiences - sometimes comical, other times ominous - of encountering weapons both familiar and fantastic, in places both ordinary and exotic. TIME Correspondent Lee Griggs recalled watching a multiple rocket launcher known as a "Stalin organ" being unloaded from a Soviet ship at Luanda harbor in 1975 during the civil war in Angola. To his surprise, the Angolans did not seem alarmed by the arrival of such heavy firepower. "Organs go in churches," said one. "Churches belong to God. He will not let that organ make...
With remnants of the South African force still in Angola by week's end, the Luanda government threatened to appeal for help to expel them forcibly. Though the U.S. reversed an earlier pronouncement that it would boycott a planned U.N. special session on Namibia, it was determined to maintain a neutral role. Explained a U.S. official: "We are prepared to take the heat and hope that by taking heat we might facilitate compromises in the long run," meaning that support to South Africa now might translate into a settlement with Pretoria on Namibia later. -By Russ Hoyle. Reported...
...surprisingly, the Crocker plan drew sharp rebukes from the six "front line" states that support black nationalism in southern Africa. They see the proposal on Namibia as a stalling tactic designed to buy time for South Africa. Representatives of the six nations meeting in Luanda, Angola, jointly condemned "the U.S. intention to consolidate its relations with South Africa" and called for the immediate revival of the U.N. plan for Namibia "without delay, evasions, qualifications or modifications...