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In Search of Enemies - A CIA Story - John Stockwell

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Bakongo<br />

Northern Angola<br />

Holden Roberto,<br />

president FNLA or<br />

National Front-1961,<br />

most warlike. Based<br />

in Zaire; initiated<br />

bloody revolt <strong>of</strong> 1961.<br />

Sporadic contact with<br />

<strong>CIA</strong>.<br />

1973-1974<br />

May 1974<br />

Appendixes<br />

APPENDIX 1: An Angolan Chronology<br />

Portugal explores along Angolan coast.<br />

Portugal begins slave raids.<br />

Three major tribes conquered, but all<br />

resist consolidation <strong>of</strong> Portuguese rule.<br />

Mbundu<br />

Ovimbundu<br />

North Central Angola Central Angola (50<br />

(Luanda)<br />

percent total<br />

population <strong>of</strong> Angola)<br />

Modem nationalist movements <strong>of</strong> Angola<br />

Agostinho Neto,<br />

Marxist intellectual,<br />

president MPLA­<br />

Popular Movement;<br />

best political<br />

organization.<br />

Guerrillas fought<br />

from Zambian base<br />

and Congo<br />

(Brazzaville).<br />

Sporadic help from<br />

Russia.<br />

Jonas Savimbi,<br />

president UNIT A-<br />

1966. Based in<br />

Zambia. Personally<br />

led guerrilla fighting<br />

from 1967-present.<br />

Twelve <strong>of</strong>ficers<br />

trained by North<br />

Koreans.<br />

Protracted guerrilla warfare begins,<br />

waged separately by all three<br />

movements, opposed by Portuguese<br />

army using NATO arms supplied by<br />

the United States.<br />

NSSM 39 ("Tar Babi' Report).<br />

The Portuguese army, tired <strong>of</strong> colonial<br />

wars, seizes government <strong>of</strong> Portugal.<br />

FNLA accepts large arms deliveries and<br />

ad visors from China and UNIT A<br />

receives arms from China.<br />

112 Chinese advisors join FNLA in Zaire.<br />

China ships 450 tons <strong>of</strong> arms for FNLA.

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