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...Savimbi's career is no textbook example of anti-Communism. In his fight against the Portuguese colonial rule that ended in Angola in 1975, Savimbi traveled to China to study revolutionary tactics. In those days, he talked of turning Angola into a Maoist agricultural commune, stating, "You can't apply capitalism to Africa...
...funding, lost a power struggle to the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (M.P.L.A.), a Marxist party that continues to run Angola with the help of some 30,000 Cuban troops and 1,500 Soviet military advisers. From his base in the southeastern third of the country, Savimbi turned from a Maoist into what he called "a New Testament socialist." Recently, he has portrayed himself in terms that U.S. conservatives find even more appealing. "The American people are again interested in helping those who are fighting for freedom," Savimbi told TIME in Angola shortly before leaving for Washington...
...factor that has clouded U.S. relations with Savimbi is his reliance on supplies and occasional military support from South Africa. "I consider the Executive President of South Africa as my friend, if it shocks you or not," Savimbi told 60 Minutes. While Savimbi has proposed giving up South Africa's support for U.S. aid, Shultz has argued that open U.S. aid would jeopardize relations with black African nations and compromise the neutral American role in persuading South Africa to withdraw from Namibia, the former territory of South West Africa that borders Angola. Assistant Secretary of State Chester Crocker has been...
...Savimbi and his U.S. supporters point out that after five years of talks, none of these goals have been accomplished. Crocker, Savimbi says, "goes to Luanda (Angola's capital), but Luanda does not give him anything. They keep talking because they are aiming at the three years left to President Reagan. If we keep talking for the next three years, the M.P.L.A. will have...
...Savimbi also argues that U.S. aid of another sort helps bolster the current Angolan regime. The M.P.L.A. government earns $2 billion a year in oil revenues from Chevron Corp. through Chevron's subsidiary Gulf Corp., which owns a 49% interest in Angola's Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Says one UNITA leader: "Gulf Oil has been subsidizing the Soviet and Cuban occupation of Angola." Although the U.S. has long supported and encouraged the American industrial presence in Angola, Crocker last week issued a warning to U.S. companies: "They are in the middle of a war zone. They should be thinking about...