Weorvand Secretary of State Bans

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Briginski, the national security advisers, big briginski, was opposed. The cuban troops were the only thing stopping south africa from overthrowing the angolan government. Briginski never addressed this issue of the security angor. And within the state department the idea was, yes, this is the on policy. We should establish diplomatic relations. Is not a battle we are going to give. A sene wanon.

The second of Dan’s two-part interview with Piero Gleijeses on his book Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976–1991. This is the story of Cuba’s military defense of the Angolan government against a US and South Africa-backed effort to overthrow the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). The future of the entire region was on the line—including the fate of apartheid in South Africa and of Namibia, then a South African colony. Learn Southern African geography by studying these maps: thedigradio.com/visions-of-freedom-maps Support The Dig with money at Patreon.com/TheDig and receive our weekly newsletter.