In Search of Enemies - A CIA Story - John Stockwell

Disengagement
blasted UNIT A out of Serpa Pinto and Savimbi fled east.
Two weeks after that, on March r, 1976, Savimbi appeared at Gago
Coutinho at the far eastern border of Angola. The CIA immediately
began to airlift arms and food from Kinshasa.
The FNLA was faring no better than UNIT A. On March 2 the
last FNLA contingent fled north across the Congo River into Zaire.
Roberto's mercenaries traveled overland to Kinshasa and disbanded.
The 150 Brits returned to England and the thirty Portuguese who had
gone the whole distance with Roberto in Angola dispersed to South
Africa and Europe. Captain Bento made his way to South Africa,
where he examined the possibilities of developing a guerrilla force
from FNLA remnants in southern Angola. Eventually he gave up
and emigrated to Brazil.
In March 1976, Boeing was given permission to deliver the 737
jetliners to the MPLA. Boeing technicians went to Angola to install
the radar systems in the airports. Gulf delivered s125 million to the
MPLA and resumed pumping Cabindan oil.
William E. Colby retired, perhaps more troubled by two years of
fending off congressional committees than by the unfortunate
paramilitary operations, PHOENIX and IAFEA TURE, which he had
run. With him into retirement went William Nelson, the deputy
director of operations.
Ed Mulcahy was designated as ambassador to Tunisia. In a previ·
ous tour there he had been ordered to supervise the expenditure of
an accumulation of blocked local currency on the construction of a
palatial ambassador's residence. Now fate had decreed that he
should return to enjoy its splendor as his retirement post. Larry
Devlin appeared at Mulcahy's swearing-in reception on the seventh
floor of the State Department, only to be reminded by Mulcahy that
he had not been invited.
Sheldon Vance retired to open a consulting office in Washington,
advising clients about Zairian investment opportunities.
Jim Potts took leave for some much-needed rest, then departed on
a tour of African stations, leaving Carl Bantam to sort out the
problems of disengagement.
The new director, George Bush, inherited the burden of extricating
the CIA from Angola while dealing with a furious Congress.
Congress knew all too well the CIA had ignored the intentions of the
Tunney Amendment and was still trying to send military support to