In Search of Enemies - A CIA Story - John Stockwell

[206] IN SEARCH OF ENEMIES
THER ABOUT THE SUPPLY OF BOEING AIRCRAFT TO ANGOLA AND IS
WILLING TO UNDERTAKE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS DEPENDING ON
THE COURSES OF EVENTS IN ANGOLA. THIS MESSAGE SHOULD BE
GIVEN TO LUANDAN AUTHORITIES. AS THE MPLA IS A WARE, ACCESS
TO SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY IS A PRIVILEGE; THE PRESENT BOE­
ING CASE IS JUST ONE, BUT A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE ADV ANT AGES
OF HA YING ACCESS TO AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY.
This logic seems to have left the MPLA unmoved, for the war
went on as before.
Almost daily the IAFEA TURE officers would meet to worry about
money, to count what had been spent and reprogram the remainder.
In general terms here is how the money went.
Of the original $6 million, $2, 750,000 was given to Mobutu in cash
to encourage him to send more arms to the FNLA and UNIT A.
Roberto and Savimbi were allotted s2 million for the general operation
of their movements, each to receive $200,000 per month for five
months. The chiefs of station Kinshasa and Lusaka insisted on controlling
these funds, and specified that Roberto and Savimbj should
not be told how much they were to receive. Each COS claimed one
of the movements, Roberto belonged to Kinshasa and Savimbi to
Lusaka. Each COS wanted to dole money to his leader, or to be able
to make cash purchases on his leader's behalf.
The next s8 million, released on July 27, was allocated primarily
for the shipload of arms and for the procurement of airplanes to haul
material from Kinshasa into Angola.
On August 20, an additional $10.7 million was authorized for more
arms, aircraft, mercenaries, and maintenance of the liberation forces.
The thousand-man arms package for the invasion of Cabinda came
from these funds.
On November 27, President Ford approved the final s7 million,
which was intended for yet more arms, the recruitment of mercenaries,
and the lease of a C-130 aircraft for use in Angola.
The total budget of s31.7 million was applied only to the procurement
of arms and for IAFEA TURE operations. The salaries and operational
expenses of the hundreds of CIA staff employees and the CIA
facilities involved in the program, certainly totaling several million
dollars, were charged to the CIA's FY 76 personnel and support
budget, and were not included in the $ 31. 7 million.