In Search of Enemies - A CIA Story - John Stockwell

IN SEARC H OF ENEMIES
on Mulcahy, until he tore them away and focused on the next item
on the agenda.
Potts remained silent on the subject of formal involvement with
South Africa for the next six months; at least I never heard him
mention it again. Mulcahy had not even leaned forward, and before
long he seemed to drowse again, his eyes drooping heavily and his
pipe sagging on his chin. CIA case officers continued to coordinate
with the South Africans in Angola, Pretoria, and Kinshasa, with
tacit approval from Jim Potts, but the CIA stopped trying to expand
that cooperation at the policy level. I have wondered since if Potts
finally at that moment, understood the negative importance of South
Africa in our foreign policy, or if he merely concluded that Mulcahy
was also "irrational" on the subject.