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Almost on cue, three days after South African troops had begun to withdraw from Angola, Defense Minister Magnus Malan announced that they had captured a Soviet soldier, Nikolai Pestretsov, 36, in a convoy of SWAPO guerrillas and Angolan forces some 31 miles from the Namibian border. Two unidentified Soviet lieutenant colonels and two Soviet women also were reported killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Marching to Pretoria's Beat | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

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