The memorandum says next week the House of Representatives is expected to reopen its debate on prohibiting U.S. assistance to Mozambique and Angola. The fight will come when the full House takes up the fiscal year 1979 Foreign Assistance Appropriations bill. Under the subhead The Political Context the memorandum says during the recent Shaba crisis the Administration became preoccupied with opposing Cuba and the Soviet Union in Africa, just as it was when the CIA intervened in Angola in 1975-6. Under the subhead Why This Vote Is Important the memorandum says only two months ago the CIA and the National Security Council were seriously considering re-introducing CIA covert military operations in...
The memorandum says next week the House of Representatives is expected to reopen its debate on prohibiting U.S. assistance to Mozambique and Angola. The fight will come when the full House takes up the fiscal year 1979 Foreign Assistance Appropriations bill. Under the subhead The Political Context the memorandum says during the recent Shaba crisis the Administration became preoccupied with opposing Cuba and the Soviet Union in Africa, just as it was when the CIA intervened in Angola in 1975-6. Under the subhead Why This Vote Is Important the memorandum says only two months ago the CIA and the National Security Council were seriously considering re-introducing CIA covert military operations in Angola. Mozambique and Angola have requested and need the aid channeled through multilateral institutions which Congressional conservatives are moving to cut. Under the subhead What You Can Do the memorandum says there are two specific actions you can ask you Representative to take.
