103 .. : KWACHA ANGOLA PATRIA U.N.I.T.A. INFORMATION BULLETIN LONDON, ENGLAND 104 ... 105 NATIONAL UN·ION: FOR TOTAL INDEPENDENCE or ANGOLA -UNITA - • July-August 1972 KWACHA-ANGDLA Numbora 9 ********** CONTENTS ********** 1... Th.e Opportunistic Poli t ics of MPLA-UPA "Reconcilia·~ i•-·' 2 ••• The Political situation in Angola -UNITA 3 ••• Tho Military situation in Angola- Fsb.-March-April ~~·· ~ Periods. UN'ITA OFF ICE 25 Ospringn Roa d London, N.Wo5 England Tel:.Ol-485-3075 106 .:T . ;, ' ' 107 ------------------------------f--9--7~1 ' t- e a7-m"m'! " ll@IJt ~. ,- THUuRSDN··.AY I -M-AYT- · .,_25,. Â L. e· t·'s: ftl .~·. --up-~--- u~ THE :"Jatiunal Union for the sixth anniversary and arrived UNITA exists. a~e not · prepared to live and Total Independence of Angola: o.n. .t he eve of Africa Freedom "lt is true that there are face humiliations inside and (UNITA) led bv Dr .:oscoh ,-.., . . difTerences ···Gf principie and outside the. country in exile- Savimbi has onc~ again urg.ed UNITA's central committee methods of armed struggle. headquarters to come and fight ali the Angol an movements to has also appealed to "ali con- and diff'erent conceptions of the: <:ilemy .'" join forces and fight thc com- scious Africans abroad" and the role of the leaders in thc • ··i>, no! wiiil I\'' hi.,:nrr to mon enemy -the Portuguesé · "ali peace loving peoples of liberation ~truggle. But aíl tt:ach us .1 'l'vcre 1ess0n. ;\ colonialists. the world',' to help eliminate genuine Angolans know verv pl:.;.form n1ust hc sct to urge The appeal. is containcd in ;, thc oppres~ion in Angola and well that the main enenw ~f•t thc Angolitn· movcmenh to docurnent entitled ''UNiT,-\ - as~ ist her ~ecpl:! to attaín the our freedom is colonialism." it• ]0in forces nr,J fi!!ht Por- Six Years of Struggie'' which just ~nd deserved indcpen- says. tugu<!SC coloniaíJ:>m. UI\'ITA is was sent to the Daily Mail by. dence. Ali politi~.:nl intrigues. nnd prepared and will he prouJ for UNITA's chief of stafY and . The docurnent says UNITA quarrels. it statcs.·' are on!v such a genuine move towards secretary for -~ co-orclination·. · does not dispute the fact that there to se1 v..: .fnrrif:!i~ inter e~t., indcpc;;de,.,,c ·-<•f ou r ntother- Samuel Chitund;t_. . thr.ol!gh a there are two ot'her hberadon at the ex pense ·o r siaug~ter. -of land." courrier from the UNITA movements. namely· MPLA. the Angolan people. · ln a brief rcvi~w of it, at.tt- headquarters in Angola: lead by. Dr Augastii:10 Net0 : · The dõcument says-UNITA vitie< over ctht: six 1·ea:s. The doeu r.1ent: wl1icn tü<>k and' t Lt: K inshasa-ba~;. · believes that time h.b CO!:lC for ·-,..,.1 f A c:~luJÍ~ tlh,, . .-e·r \':-te two months · to reach Lusaka. UPA govemment-in-exile led Aitgolans to realise the truth of. million peopíé: are Ílo~Klg freely was produced in March when by Mr Holden Roberto. But no the situation. and repeats its in its ·liberated arcas and cen- UNITA was celebrati11c; ;ts onr.. it says. can. dispute that appeal to ali Ar.~nh' ·- w~.r. r~; ~· . I .•• ... -i· !-•• •' ,I , .. - ' . . . ------ ---·-·---··-. GRAE OPPORTUNISTIC RECCONCILIATION ' '·l.. ...H- E- -!-Y-l-PL-A- ---------------1.-----------',__ ______ _ - ! r·· p l j é: ._ ., i ··, c ' ··-;;·, ·. l nr:·r-.... "q .. ~ . .. .. - r- . ·~ •, Dn the 8th.June.1972, President SeSe !Ylobutu·of the Reoub1ic of -Zaire and President Ngouabi of the Peop1e's Republic or:congo iss~ed · a joint communique announcing th!i "recconciliatión" of the two Angolan leaders of the two Angd1an liberation movements! th~ GRAE of Holden Roberto ~ased in the Republ1c of Zai~~. and th~ MPLA of Agostinho Neto based in Cbngo-Brazaville and -~ambia. The Third Angolan Liberation !Ylovement, UNITA, lerl by Jonas Sa- Vimbi. and based inside Angola was not consult8d or invite"d to f"t-)e rscconciliation summitry of the leaders c:if th8 two Co:ngos~ and of the two Angolan movements. It was later reported that this recçonciliation exercise b8twee~ the two exiled Angolan groups receiv8d formal bÍe~sihgs from the last OAU Conference held in Rabat, !Yloroccoe UNITA welcomes and indeed aplau~es any gRnuine.move tows~ds ths recconciliation of the Angolan Liberation !Ylovements oM · ba~is of a revolution~ry programm8. On the other hand, UNiiA,·as a revo- lutionary movement representing essentially the qlass interests of the majority of.the oppressed African peopl~ of Angola will de no un c e a n d c onde m n a n y Af r i c a n 1 e a de r o r 1 i"tn'l r a t i o n mo v 8 me n Jc leader totally committed to an unrealistic marriage 'of convenienc::; -~ I' 108 - 2 ... l.The Historical significancs of opportunistic recconciliation UNITA as a liberation movement ieading the people's war in Angola, and representing the majority of the African neople in Angola has a duty to examine objectively the basis and the historical significance of this diplomatic exercise initiated and imposed by the Presidents of the two Congos. One must •ate that the two Congos do not have any fraternal ar relations. The two presidents, Ngouabi and Mobutu diplo~atic are nbt even recconciled themselves, but still they are deter- mined to »eConcile the irreconcliables of the Angolan political move~ents, MPLA and GRAE . • Many sons and daughters of Africa have already been sacrificed in the altar of political expediency in the name of African "re .. conciliation" and brotherhood. Great African patriots, like Patrice Lumumba, fighters like P1erre Mulele, patriots like Ben Barka and many others were victims of this shameful political expediency. The new generation of African patriots and freedom fighters, therefore, must draw historical lessons from such bitter and tragic experiences. Any rseoncilation move ar any united front aimed at eliminating progressiva people and groups of Angola will never work because the basis of such reconciliation is based on reactionary motivations and policies. Above all, two reactionary movements and leaders can not and will never succeed to create a progressiva leader ar movement. 2. T.t"\e :r:ole of' .6. t he··-oAU anG::i ~eighbouri,o_g Countries • ... ·. ., . ... r-:~~7;.. :~ ·h . ..... UNITA. has iritEmt·i-o·•·:-o.f. und..~_IfD..i.r:'J.r1.9·. ~:~·~e ég-tatus and prestige of the Organtzation of Afr1can Un1ty, OAU. UN·I·T-A tloes reccogn.fze that despite al1 their good will and common efforts, the truth and the' naked real.ity strugql8 of the Angolan people against - o,f_. ~he . coloAialism· and imperialism in A"gola Portu~uese i~terhationa l ·· and depends.ultimatelY upon the fighting forces of the lie~ : _African revolutiolllll. inside An'gO'la and not from the exiled headqua- '~ . ·-ters where·:leaders and parties ar-e ·apenly mnnipula~ed by inter- . natidn·al :forces working agaisnt· the. . interests of a. çjen·uine African 1 i b er_ a t i o n •~ · .. '. . I.-· . . . · of neiqhbouring countries, · u~ITA re~oQniz~s tthe i~portarice ~he th~ People's .Republic 6f Congo, the Republi6 of Zaifê._and the Republic of Zambia. The impottance and the assist~~ó~ ·given by the neighbouring cbuntries will be greater and more effective if -Libeaeration movements of Angola use these countries as logis- tlb and ttansit pqirits, and not ultimate and permanent bases a O f p O 1 i.t i C: a 1 p r O C r . S -f.l : n. a :t i O .n. . O. f 8 X_ Í 1 e d p O 1 i t Í C S • .• ~ UNIT·A ·does éanva.ss for A fr ican support, beca use the tota 1 1 ibera- tiorl of Angnla is part· and parcel ·af thR total lib~ration of the sf UNITA needs concreta international solidarity C~~finent Af~ica. of all formes, because thR struggle agaisnt atti~imperialist imperial1sm .. is one.and UNITA as.a revolutio- indivisible. ~But, moveme•t .knows that·the Angolan struggle n~ry too.we~l li~Rr~tion must be fought PY .. Ang_olans--ahd on, the-Angola n soil. UN'ITA knows. too we11 that the 'ori'ce--of · freRdb.tn is t.be.- patrio.ft}Jê · ~lood of the people inside Angola. Portugal and Alliés will never Afriea~ it~ negotiate with anybody in Angola unless Africans in Angola unite as a mighty force and defeat Portugal on the battle-field. 109 - 3 3. UNITA concrete efforts to the cause of Angolan Unity .~ :; . .... Sines the formation of UNITA in Mat~h ~1~66i it ·made concreto and genuine efforts to the cause of the Angolan unityo Con~ tacts through letters, mQmorRnda, me~~i~gs were made with ths two leaders of MPLA and UPA, with the Liberation Commite e of the OUA, and with th,e presidents of the rP-spectiv.e neighl:Jouring countries. For the record, UNITA wil1 start to publish syste- matica11y a11-the re1evan~ correspondence with the1 !YIPLAr UP~.~ OAU Liberation Committee and the' presidents of Congo ·o·l~ra:zc, ··;il :l .G: Zambia, and Republic of and Tanzaniao Zaire~ The two 1etters published in this Kwacha speak for themse lvesc Other lettArs and memoranda will fol1ow in due courseo ln 1966 1967, president of UNITA, Jonas Savimbi; met t he an~ 1eaders of GRAE and the MPLA in and in Lusaka-Zambia~ Cairo~ Egypt for ta1ks on an eventual formation of an Angolin unite d Front. The sncounters did not produce any tangible results? because·· the conditions proposed and advanced by UPA-Holden o r:d MPLA~Neto ~ere not rea1istic and seri6uso In July and Ausgust 1966, UNITA met one of the leaders of MPLf. Aníbal de Melo in Lusaka-Zambia. Unfortunately, thAse c ontact s did not bear fruit. It turned out that the MPLA leaders w~r L not interested at all in unity on basis of a concrete r evolu~~Gr iy progtamme, but in having the UNITA Jonas leade~9 Savim~i expell:ed from 'Zambia. MPLA leaders went to thB extenc of p .. opo"· sing unity ta1ks to take p1ace not in Lusa~ar but in Dar es ·S~1l~m, Tanzania. The MPLA efforts were crowned with sccce ~s · when the UNITA prAsicient, Jonas Savimbi, was sent out' of Zamb:l21 <'in 1967. · In September 1966 Holden Roberto, president of UPA-GRAE was in Lusaka, Zambia. In Zambia Roberto Ho1den met the president of UNITA, Jonàs Sàvimbi, for ta1ks about the formation of an Ango- la~ united Front. The conditions proposed and offere d by RLberto Ho1den, as fo1lowst · w~ré 1 ). D is s o 1 u t i o n o f U N I TA ~ n si de a n d ou t si de 1-. n '] o 1 u ,. . • . ihe integration of UNITA militants and leaders into UPA-GRAE group as individulase 2) Jonas Savimbi, president of UNITA, shou1 o w~itG a G open letter of apology" for his famous. and impor'l.'4,-· ·~ statemont of r es ignat ion from UPA-GR i n l 9G4 .~E c The declaration of Savimbi was issued in Ca! r u ~ 1964, and it was reported in internationa l pre01 0 In during the ,conference of FivP. African Countr:i.es 1967~ i~·, ·cairo,.the president of UNITA, Jonas Savimbir was'ready to mE-rJl the of MPLA, Agostinho NEJto, again for a bot:1; .. ,. Presíd~nt talk~: format ion of an Angolan uni ted front. The ini tia tive ::c 1.·< .· ..::;J hold such talks carne from tho government of Unite d-··A:L·<Jj ;~p;J. ·. . (UAR). But, onbg mor~, thA proposal was squArely -~~jected ~y Neto, the presirlent of MPLA. Agost~rho In 195a,· thA UNITA preside~t move d permanent1y insJ..9e . P.ngo::.-:, th8 year of the rA orgAnization · __ consol..r !:9"6~ ~as ~nrl ~ tion of UNITA inside Angola. So, in 1969" anothe r ~ffort tow~ ~-· the fqrm~tion of an·. Ángolan united front · was ma de ··~.Yr rU)J iTA o 110 - 4 - In 1969, a special tetter was sent to the presidRnt of Zaire, then Congo-Kinshasa, Mobutu, through his Foreign Minister, Mr, Justin 'Bomboko. This letter e1Aar1y advocat-ed· and proposed concret1y what should be dane-for the ·creation of a democratic united front of t h e A n g o 1 a n 1 i b e r a t i o n mo v m en t s .. .;. _ A BAfore neg.otiations coulp t .ake place, in a typ.icàT. . HoldRn R.oqffi.rto 1 dip1omatic game ,· th8 let\e r was pübicly -read by Ho1den Roberto i-s--···· Vice president, Emmanuol kunzika,· presently languishing in Holden Roberto's gao1s, in World Youth Congress in liege, Assem~ly . h ~ld Brussels in 1969.· himself- ne ve r bothered to President· 'Jos~ph · Mobutu reply the le-ttRr and· the _ p_orpositions made by UN'IT·A. . Dn June 10th 1970, anoth_Gr rette r was SE"l!nt to the GovArnmA,nt of the Pnople1s Republic of Congo ~hrough its Amô~siador in .Ca±ro-UAR~ The letter was the oufcome pf various contacts wifh the lo~ical officials and diplomatic officials 6f People's Republic of th~ Congo. In this ·1ong lFJtter, ... UN.JTA-expo;5ed thP. entire situation of the Angolan st rugg1e, i t s . fa il ur-e s and sue c esses .., and i ts inher en·::: difficu1ties• ThEi·letter signed by three members of UNITA central Committee asked tha Vice-president of tho People's Republic uf- Congoo, then, Mr. ~aou1, to offRr to Angolan li~eration movAments its good offlces for contacts as init{al st~ges for:the form~tipn of a Democratic United Frpnt. Again, there was no response at ~lla ' ; ·.. ... .. ~ Contacts with lambia we rP. ~ssidously made . t .hr'ough thA Z.~:mbhm Press o In the last Non-A1igned hele in Lusaka, ZRmbia, in D970g Sum~it the delegation of UN'ITA to the ConfRrAnce mAt various African·; d'nlegations_ to discuss on the sarne· issue, but without avai1. The letter ·which is being pub1i~hed hsre ii an ~hswer from Mr. - A.~. Milner, the Sscrstary-General to the Gove~nment of the Re~ubli~ of lambia is c1ear and speaks for itsRlf. From 1969 to 1972, annualmRmo.randa and 1ottFns hávg bE"ien sent to the Socretary of thn OAÜ.:..LibRration _Commit.tRe, _Mr. G11orge Mangombe. Also, one of the rep1fRs ·from Mr. Mangombe on unity Gedr~e Angola~ is publ ished in t h is Kwacha-Informa t fon Bu11 nt in • .Un fort y, una·tt~l our pléas, memoranda, l etters f e11 on dRad hears. latAst ~11 ~he .. Memoranda on unity was sent to· the presidents of Mauritania, · TanzaniE~ Kannyatta, Mobutu and .Ngo0abi.-But, sti1i Mr. Mob~tu anrl Ngouabi decided to ignore UN'ITA 's Rfforts on thn quest_ion of r Rcconc_;·iliation o UNITA has been ready to mee t any- A ngo1an-1iberatiQJi move ment for talks, and produce a r evolutionary p:ç-ogramme that: wil'~ ~rióet' the concreto needs of the Angolan strugg1e , and not to or plea~e, - this that African 1oàder, this or that Groat Power. And sinbo~ cevery Ango1an lfber-atiun movemont ·is· claiming to have· areas, 1ibEJr~tRd UNITA proposed to al1 of them tb como to thoir libnratRd ~reas and there with the Angolan poople in:side Angola to deal thouroughly with the question of Ango!an UQity. Unfortunately, movRments with liberated areas prefer to discuss national quP.stions outside 1ibo- rate d areas, as the y put it "for s ocurity r easons"! ••• 4 ••• (lr:ld IntP.rnationa1 •Politics. Recconcili~tion e . ;. : . CertaiMly, the s e r ecconciliation movAs going on .in Africa ~ in Angola a.'nd in' thEJ wor 1 d o VRr' ar by no me a ns acc idçmta 1 R o Even the Super-Pdwcirs, USA and Sbviet Union have' benn reccr- cile d in issues, on the qunstion of peoplR's man~ mai~ly liberation strugglos around thn wor1d. Liberation ~ov8ments which. have boen"at mercy-of Sovie t had USA ~and m~niput~tions to follo~ the sBmA intnrnational trend,-t~e diplómatic padlin~ .-in tho tida l wa.tors: of· peacRfu1 co8xistence. 111 -5- ThEJ :t'O'Conciliation moVI'JS arR occuring a t a tím~1 IAJhn n prRsidnnt Ngouabi and Sos o Mobutu, who are not reconcilod, arn looking for a formula for th~ir own Rntente and r approachomrnt; ata timA who n tho rolations bntweon Portuga l and ZairA a r n gottinq bo ttor and bettor; at a time whAn all th~ nnPmies anrl agAnts of impnria- lism in Africa a r A sproading rumours tha t Portuga l is about to nBgotiato with the Angolan liboration movomonts as a unified force. What a n illusion! ••• It is a n illusion, bncauso tho primq Ministor of Portugalg Mr ~ Mar c Rl o Caot ano, i n a r oc nnt statomRnt, pub 1 i shod in t h o Q i a r L~-2. de Lisboa of July 4th 1972, statAd unAquivocally that Africa doe s not br1long to Africans as well as Americas doe s not bolong to tho Re d Indians. Caetano went on by saying that tho world bFJlong t o human brJings, and Portugal v1ill nr:'vor abandon the DvQI.._ _G_~ Provinco s and our Portugue s A brothors who livo in tho Dvers8a P r o v i n c 8 s w h o r 8 t h e y forme d t h e i r w e l f a r o a n d for g e d t h e i r de s í n ~ ,t;:l ·' :. ·L Por t u g al wi 11 no v e r n 8 g n t i a t e , s a i d C a e ta n o , b C-'l c a uso t h is i s t §..Il.t .J. .. mount to capitulation. It is also an ope n s ocre t that tho MPLA has totally failRd in tho Cabinda provincA. Cabinda is today an eldorado for USA-Gulf Di~ Company. It i s bocoming BVidRnt that MPLA is failing in Eastnrn part of Angola whero MPLA trie d to · oliminate phisycall; and politically UNITA. Consoquently~ the solo altnrnative for MPLA to survivo as a politica! move mPnt is to compromisG with Holdei1 Roberto in Zaire , and to compromisA with president Mobutu who orrly supports Robnrto Holde n for thR acquÍsition of a military exile-base to oporatn from• Butj ~ny Angolan who knows Mr . Robei• Holden well krrows also that MPLA is heading to a dangerous abys~ On the othnr twand, Mr. Holde n Robnrto who usRd thE> Zaire solclitJ:r: : and helicopters to assault his own military camp in Kinkusu on 17th march 1972 qlmost c oasn d to be ~ liberation movem~nt~ OnJ.y a reccognition of thn OAU could save Roberto and his defunct mo~ vement from this predicament. The OAU f ew years ago decide d to recognize only the MPLA. Consequuntly, Roberto· Holden i n ardo~ to be recogni~ed by thR OAU and its LibRration Committee had to make another comornmise with MPLA which is solely r e cognized by OAU • Th~ historica l expnri8nce of many a n ti-imQerialist a n d anti-color-~­ list struggle s around the wnrld . taught us that whenever imporialists find a particular part of th~ colonized world stra t egical1y and economically import~nt, wil~. fight to a bittnr end. The Vintname s e situation and its h nroic people's wa r is a typical Celso . Thr~ Algr.HiE~n libRration wa!:' aga~ i-1: c. F r e n c h c o 1 o n i a 1 i s m i s s t i 11 f r R s h i n ou r m n mo r i e s o Angola f Mo z a rT1 b ··;' South Africa, Namibia, Zimba bwe will not bR excRotionsa The NATO impRrialist powers a r e hpavily involvRci in AngolaG ·, would r athe r soe the African population doplnt Rd th~n losing ~:h military and stratngic bases in thR Portuguo s R coloni8s~ s.The Startegic importancn of ANGOLA The stra t egic a n d economic importance of Angola t o imoAri~lis t, is obvious . Beca~so of a uniaun r e lation of the Zaire Republ1c t~ strategic position of the Cabinda Encla ve , the Gulf Oil Como~ny USA, the Republic of Zaire and thB People ' s Rooublic of Congo havo beell!l covnting Cabinda. Cabinda i s a lso vnrj rich in minBraJ. resovrces, mainly gold, Oil, d i amonds, cofeo, and woodo 112 ' ...: , I• .. . ~. ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNI TV Co-ordinating Committee Comite de Coordinntion For Pour The Liberation of Africa La Liberation de L' Afrique P.O. Box 1767 B.P. 1767 Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Telephone 27711 Phone No. 27711 Telex No. 41072 Telex No. 41072 Telegrams : AFLICO · Telegrams : AFLICO · Dar es Salaam, Tanzania qar es Salaam. Tanzante Your Ref. 17th rill:'.y, 1971. L/3/l./Vol.II/2 Dar es Salaam ..... Our Ref. • J ,· - Dr.· Augustino Neto, I , :·• President of .M.~.L.A.,. .. Dar es Sal<...a:m. ..~ ~· Sir, .,'I .· .~,.JOI~:.l~"' ,._.. ~~. .. I encloae copy of UNITA'e letter on th·f.'e ~···n""' ecd - -·p ..--·. to . creo.té. co-ope·rãtf--on betweeti UNITA \a."ld r;'U?LA.~ -__ f.or --~· .. . .- .. your consideration. .. --:- I wou.ld particularly draw you.r a'ttenti.on to of a paragraph where Savimbi requests a sort "non- pact" shou.ld talka on the creation of a ag-~reesion :; . ·. . \" front between your .l'~ovement and UNI'fA fail.o " · •":\.\ : r . H.i:i'ner I am copyinc this lettcr to Hon • .A.:"'l.ron through whe.w& the lc'i;ter nnder réferencc, \n:.s cent to me. ·A ctd'p t', .S ir, :the ac!:'>:úru.ncos · of ycy-. hicher;t · ·coneideration.·· ·:I (G. Executiva crctury. c .c. Hon .• Aaron ltUlner, M.P. ,-- Secr~tary~Gener~.1.· to tlle Gove.rnment r .L •. . P~~sident•a· o~tice, Lusuká-Zambia. Kindly inform Savimbi • s env9y ; , · · · · that I have· paaoed their messa.g'e· r·= to Dr. Neto and that they should _ , A7PLJ\ response ·to "the:i-r ·--- · - ......". ... ·I~~r-r------ ,-, H ', •I