Covert Operation in Angona

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There was a co operation between the united states and south africa that brought the plans to definal in northern angoa. The american press only started reporting on the covert operation in november 19 75. And so you have the preportuges press, the press of sambia, tink little sambia thates already at the beginning of august rit thereisa us. Can you imagine? It's not that we gave the permission to the south africans. Athe south african intelligence services and an intelligence service, the sae tey, informed each other mutually. There are two studies in standing south africa, based on the south african

Part one 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. Check out Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters by Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674245952