Mailing to people who supported an advertisement on Angola in The New York Times. The mailing says that on January 19, the day following publication of the ad and the day Congress reconvened, ACOA co-sponsored a rally on the steps of the Capitol, participated in a three-hour briefing for Congressional aides in the Sub-Committee room of the House International Relations Committee, and met individually with several Congresspeople. The mailing includes a copy of the advertisement which had the heading Angola... a new Vietnam?. The statement says in part: Each day brings disturbing evidence of increasing U.S. involvement in the war in newly independent Angola. Already the U.S. is spending over...
Mailing to people who supported an advertisement on Angola in The New York Times. The mailing says that on January 19, the day following publication of the ad and the day Congress reconvened, ACOA co-sponsored a rally on the steps of the Capitol, participated in a three-hour briefing for Congressional aides in the Sub-Committee room of the House International Relations Committee, and met individually with several Congresspeople. The mailing includes a copy of the advertisement which had the heading Angola... a new Vietnam?. The statement says in part: Each day brings disturbing evidence of increasing U.S. involvement in the war in newly independent Angola. Already the U.S. is spending over fifty million dollars to supply arms, ammunition, armored cars, spotter planes and American pilots to two of the armies. Now the Ford administration is defying the Senate by throwing more money and guns into the conflict. The U.S. intervention in Angola is consistent with an established policy of support for white minority rule in southern Africa. South Africa has invaded Angola to install a government which will be "safe" for continued white domination. Our government has allied itself with South Africa in this explosive situation. We repudiate the U.S. claim that one of the parties in the conflict, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), is a Soviet puppet.
