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PREM19/1166
Angola (Internal situation; appointment of Jose Eduardo dos Santos as President; UK/Angolan relations) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 291
Themes: Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Africa), Foreign policy (development, aid, etc), Foreign policy (International organizations), Commonwealth (South Africa)

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Date Value Title
79 Oct 16 Tu Major Angola: MT letter to President Dos Santos (Angolan Presidency) [MT congratulations on his election] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 Nov 7 We Major Angola: President Dos Santos letter to MT (Angolan Presidency) [thanks conveyed for MT congratulations on his election] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Mar 26 We Major Angola: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("The situation in Angola") [Professor Hugh Thomas record of conversation with Jonas Savimbi: FCO assessment of Savimbi's claims] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Apr 5 Sa Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("Zimbabwe/Namibia: meeting with President Dos Santos") [Ambassador Byatt record of conversation: Zimbabwe; Namibia; Cuban presence in Angola] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 May 3 Sa Major Angola: MT letter to Brian Crozier (activities in Zaire related to Angola) [MT thanks Crozier for his report on suspected training camps for Angolan dissidents; Foreign Office sceptical of report] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 May 14 We Major Angola: President Dos Santos letter to MT (South African support for UNITA) [plea for UK intercession conveyed personally by Ambassador van Dunem on visit to UK] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 May 27 Tu Major Angola: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ambassador van Dunem) ["Angolan Emissary": delivery of message from President Dos Santos concerning South African military action in Angola; British mercenary prisoners] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Jun 17 Tu Major Angola: MT letter to President Dos Santos (Namibia) ["the British government, in association with... [our] Western partners, will continue... [our] efforts to ensure that the people of Namibia may soon become free and independent"] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Jun 26 Th Major Angola: UKMIS New York telegram 922 to FCO (1604Z) ("Security Council: Angola") [Angola pressing for UN resolution as a result of South African military activities] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Jun 27 Fr Major Angola: UKMIS New York telegram 939 to FCO (2229Z) ("Security Council - Angola") [vote on UN resolution] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Jul 1 Tu Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("South African attacks into Angola") [report] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Aug 22 Fr Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("Following is free translation of broadcast by Angola Radio on 20 August") [perceived Western support for Jonas Savimbi/UNITA guerrilla forces] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Jan 2 Fr Major Angola: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Angola: visit of Savimbi") [case against MT meeting with leader of UNITA guerrilla movement] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Jan 30 Fr Major Angola: President Dos Santos letter to MT (UK/Angola relations) [goodwill message] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Mar 18 We Major Angola: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("SADF raid into Angola") [report] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Jun 3 We Major Angola: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Portugese views on Angola") ["Perhaps the greater danger is that the Cubans, of their own volition or at Soviet instigation, refuse to comply with Angolan requests to withdraw"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Jul 31 Fr Major Angola: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Angola") [record of latest meeting of Namibia Contact Group] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 4 Tu Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("SADF operations on Angola/linkage") ["would be prudent to take seriously Angolan protestations... there is in my view a case for urging the Americans to persuade the SAG to [moderate pursuit operations and evacuate border areas]"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 12 We Major Angola: UKE Luanda telegram to FCO ("Angola/SADF") ["would be very helpful to have some guidance on the present state of our and South African knowledge of Angola's southern air defence system"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Aug 13 Th Major Angola: UKE Washington telegram 2418 to FCO (2327Z) ("Angola") ["now a strong current in favour of [US] pulling out of the negotiations... unless... the other members of the Five... [associate] the Angolan and Namibian problems"] [declassified Jan 2014]