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Marxist Zaire, smack in the middle
of Africa, would be a catastrophe
and would put unbearable pressure
on three neighboring countries ear–
marked for future "liberation"–
Kenya, the Sudan, aod Zambia.
Both the Cubans and the Soviets
vehemently denied having engi–
neered the Katanga invasion. But
intelligence sources supplied the
White House with a clear case of
Russian foreknowledge of the as–
sault. According to syndicated col–
umnists Rowland Evans and Robert
Novak, Soviet agents. just before
the invasion, quietly purchased
nearly 400 tons of scarce cobalt
from European brokers. After the
attack the price of cobalt tripled !
Red Arms Pour South
Further to the south, Red arms are
pouring into African ports for the
expected assault against the new
black-and-white interim govern–
ment of Rhodesia. Up to 350 new
Soviet T-54 tanks are reported to
have been unloaded recently in
Tanzania. Mozambique now has
150 new Soviet tanks and up to 30
MIG-21 fighters. Zambia is now re–
ceiving huge quantities of small
arms and mortars.
All three front-line states harbor
Cuban-run Patriotic Front guerrilla
camps. But the guerrillas-many of
them teenagers kidnapped or lured
away from Rhodesian missionary
schools- obviously are not being
trained to handle such heavy and
sophisticated equipment. Such
weapons are also far beyond the ca–
pabilities of the small military forces
of the host countries.
"These a re enormous forces for
this part of the world." a British
military source told the
London
Daily
Mail.
"Who is going to drive
them. who's goipg to fty the MIOs if
not the Cubans?"
Cuba's "Humanistic" Terror
Campalgn
In Angola, Marxist dictator Neto
wouldn't last the next weekend if it
weren't for the over 20,000 Cuban
troops plus additional thousands
running all branches of government
service. Despite this assistance, An–
gola is in the midst of a horrendous
civil war, with the Communist MPLA
government fighting against three
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PLAIN TRUTH August 1978
CORDIALITYPREVAILED
between Leonid Brezhnev and Franz Josef Strauss on
Soviet leader's state visit to West Germany in May. Brezhnév affirmed Moscow's
peacetul intentions toward Bonn. Strauss emphaslzed that the idea ofa reunified
Germany was notdead. He atterward said a united Germany would be a "grateful
partner" of the Soviets, opening up a "true spring in Europe."
separate mort: or less pro-West rebel
forces, subtly supported to varying
degrees by France, West Germany
and South Africa. Over 70,000 civil–
ians have died this year in the civil
war. Thousands ofteenage Angolans
from areas recaptured by the Com–
munists are said to have been ftown to
Cuba as virtual slaves to work on
sugar plantations- replacing former
workers now fighting in Africa.
Despite the Cuban-unleashed ter–
ror campaign, a high U.S. official
known for his controversia! state–
ments said in a February newspaper
interview in South Africa: "1 think the
Cubans play, and continue to play. a
rather positive role in the devel–
opment of a stable and orderly so–
ciety.... it is possible that their
humanism and their lack of racism
can be stronger infiuences on the
African continent than their Marx–
ism."
South of Angola, in South West
Africa (Namibia), Communist-sup–
ported SWAPO guerrilla chieftain
Sam Nujoma has rejected a formula
for peaceful transition to majority
rule as drawn up by five Western
nations-the U.S., U.K., Canada,
F rance and West Germany. South
Africa, despite reservations, sur–
prised the U.N. by accepting the pro–
posa!.
The response of SWAPO. which
fears it can't win in a free and hon–
est election, was to declare that the
"armed struggle" must go on.
Amerlca Powerless, Afraid of Cuba
Russia and her client states are hav–
ing a field day, especially in Africa.
According to Professor Michael
Louw, head of the l nstitute of
Strategic Studies at Pretoria Univer–
sity, the Soviet Union has concluded
that most African states are too
weak, both economically and politi–
cally, to resist military intervention
by a superpower. Since the U.S.
refuses to contest Soviet inter–
vention, Moscow literally has an
open door.
The U.S. offers African states po–
litical and economic support on the
assumption that Africa will take
care of itself and fend off Soviet
pressures. This approach. Louw be–
lieves, is doomed to failure.
And sois the policy, openly stated
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