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...most vocal in demanding the implementation of the New Economic Order and improvement of North-South relations. Manley to this day stands by his country's decision to back Cuban involvement in Angola; he argues that Castro, in offering Angola his support, was responding to requests from the legitimate Neto government trying to ward CIA destabilization efforts...
...change in Angolan policy could shift the balance of power in southern Africa. Neto had recently shown a growing independence from Moscow and some openness to the West, backing deals with Gulf Oil and Texaco and seeking to establish diplomatic relations with Washington...
That dissension contained the seeds of a succession struggle that is now developing in Angola. Neto did not designate a successor before flying off to Moscow on Sept. 6. Speculation about the country's new leader revolves mainly around four figures within the M.P.L.A.: Joseé Eduardo dos Santos, the pro-Soviet Minister of Planning and provisional head of government during Neto's absence; Lucio Lara, the provisional president of the M.P.L.A.; Defense Minister Iko Carreira; and Lopo do Nascimento, former Prime Minister, whom Neto fired last year...
...Soviets are now expected to use their privileged position in Angola to support a pro-Moscow hardliner. Washington obviously would prefer a moderate of Neto's stamp, but has little bargaining leverage. Said one U.S. official: "With the Cuban situation so volatile right now, Neto's death could ha rdly have come at a worse time...
DIED. Dr. Agostinho Neto, 56, President of Angola since its independence in 1975; following surgery for cancer; in Moscow (see WORLD...