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...Savimbi appealed for an all-African peace-keeping force under O.A.U. control. The Soviet-backed Luanda government of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (M.P.L.A.), which has already been recognized by 17 of the O.A.U.'s 46 members, rejected such proposals. Moreover, M.P.L.A. Leader Dr. Agostinho Neto threatened not to go to Addis at all unless the O.A.U. recognized him in advance as Angola's sole leader. At week's end, the Soviet Union, which has come under attack for its support of the M.P.L.A., vigorously denied that it was seeking to establish a naval...
...Henrique de Carvalho (see map page 17), the military sit uation on the ground remained relative ly unchanged last week. Despite Soviet military aid and the help of 7,500 Cu bans, the M.P.L.A. holds only about a quarter of the country. But State De partment officials concede that Neto's leftist government has a big lead over the other two factions not only in fire power but in organization and experi ence. Assessing the three groups, one U.S. diplomat observes: "The M.P.L.A...
...China. Savimbi's group, ,meanwhile, has been bankrolled by South Africans and wealthy white Angolans who fear their property will be confiscated by the country's other government, the Luanda-based People's Republic of Angola. Founded by the Soviet-backed M.P.L.A. of Agostinho Neto, the People's Republic has already been recognized by Moscow, most of the Eastern European bloc and ten African nations, including the nearby Congo Republic...
...following day, after being sworn in as President in Luanda's faded green city hall, Neto reviewed his forces. Past him paraded M.P.L.A. regulars, with their Soviet-built mobile antiaircraft guns, automatic weapons and armored cars. Then came brigades of the Young Pioneers, boys aged eight to twelve, dressed in cut-down camouflage uniforms. They, along with recently trained civilians, will be mobilized if the capital comes under attack...
...huge supplies of Russian arms continue to pour into Luanda, the M.P.L.A. admitted that 1,200 Cuban combat troops had arrived. They will reinforce an estimated 1,000 soldiers and 700 advisers Cuba had previously sent to Neto. The M.P.L.A.'S main problem, reports Griggs, seems to be poor tactics and troop discipline. Cuban advisers assigned to the southern front complain that they have been stranded in unfamiliar territory when M.P.L.A. units broke and ran under fire...