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...strategy of the American-backed coalition of the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (F.N.L.A.) and National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), which is in danger of losing a long war on the ground, called for an immediate ceasefire and formation of a government of national unity. In addition, UNITA'S Jonas 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...
Holding Off. Washington, still smarting from a pre-Christmas Senate vote to cut off aid to the F.N.L.A. and UNITA, mounted its own diplomatic offensive. William E. Schaufele Jr., the new U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, made a five-country swing through Zaire, Gabon, Cameroon...
...most pressure was put on South Africa. The fact that at least 1,000 South African regulars and mercenaries are fighting alongside UNITA and the F.N.L.A. is the main reason such key countries as Nigeria and Ghana have recognized the M.P.L.A. Washington told Prime Minister John Vorster, in effect, that he was defeating his own purpose by staying involved. In a New Year's message to his country, Vorster appeared to reject the pleas. In fact, he called for a bigger Western involvement in Angola "not only in the diplomatic but in all other fields." Defense Minister Piet...
Although some slow progress has been made by UNITA forces toward Teixeira de Sousa and 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...
...UNITA has some good people at the top, but not far down. The F.N.L.A. has no good leadership at any level...