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Contents: SUMMARY • REPORTS OF 2 NOVEMBER AND 23 NOVEMBER • ASSESSMENT OF THE MILITARY SITUATION • SOUTH AFRICA COMMITS ADDITIONAL FORCES IN ANGOLA • THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT • U.S. CARRIER TASK FORCE ON FULL ALERT IN THE AZORES • The pamphlet reprints a newspaper article "American warships are 'off Angola'" by David Martin. The pamphlet discusses FNLA, UNITA, mercenaries, Panhard EBR armored cars, the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), Lobito, MPLA, mechanized cavalry, French AMX and U.S. M-41 Walker Bulldog tanks, Allouette III helicopters, C-130s, Walvis Bay, Soviet 122 mm. rockets and rocket launchers, fighter bombers, the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A., CIA), U.S. spotter planes, air-dropping supplies, cargo planes, South African and United States military involvement, and the Department of Defense. • South Africa Commits Regular Regiment to Combat in Angola • South African Fighter Bomber Wings Operating from Zaire • United States Air Force Assumes Supply Role to Combat Area • Central Intelligence Agency Mounts Airlift of Arms • United States Carrier Task Force on Full Alert in the Azores [Note: The correct spelling is Alouette.]

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Continuing Escalation in the Angola Crisis

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