George Houser, executive director of the American Committee on Africa, criticized the Carter administration for plans put forward by the National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency to aid one of the losing factions in the struggle for power in Angola. Houser called the administration's reported plans "tantamount to a declaration of war against the Angolan government." Houser said this policy represents a major shift in the administration's approach to Africa, reverting to the bankrupt policies of Henry Kissinger in the Nixon-Ford administrations that aligned the U. S. with the white minority regimes of John Vorster and Ian Smith. The press release includes Houser's statement.
