The mailing reports that, since the July 1985 repeal of the Clark Amendment prohibition on U.S. intervention in Angola, conservatives in Congress have launched a drive to give aid to UNITA, the South African-backed rebels fighting the government. At the end of the First Session of the 99th Congress, six pro-UNITA measures were pending in the House and Senate, while Rep. Ted Weiss introduced HR 3690 to prohibit overt or covert aid to Angolan rebel groups. The mailing says that three new pro-UNITA initiatives have been introduced since the opening of the Second Session in January 1986. The mailing reports that UNITA's leader, Jonas Savimbi, was in Washington during the last week of January and...
The mailing reports that, since the July 1985 repeal of the Clark Amendment prohibition on U.S. intervention in Angola, conservatives in Congress have launched a drive to give aid to UNITA, the South African-backed rebels fighting the government. At the end of the First Session of the 99th Congress, six pro-UNITA measures were pending in the House and Senate, while Rep. Ted Weiss introduced HR 3690 to prohibit overt or covert aid to Angolan rebel groups. The mailing says that three new pro-UNITA initiatives have been introduced since the opening of the Second Session in January 1986. The mailing reports that UNITA's leader, Jonas Savimbi, was in Washington during the last week of January and the first week of February to lobby for more U.S. aid.
