18 JULY 1978 BRIEFING ON SOVIET/CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN ANGOLA

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: July 18, 1978
• Content Type: MFR

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18 July 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: 18 July 1978 Briefing on Soviet/Cuban Involvement in Angola
1. Congressman Richard T. Schulze (R. , Pa.) was given
an unclassified briefing followed by a classified briefing on the current
extent of Soviet Cuban involvement in Angola. The briefing was con-
ducted by ith the assistance of
Congressional Relations staff and the undersigned. In addition to
Mr. Schulze in attendance were his legislative assistant Mr. Steven Parker
and a secretary. Both staffers left the room during the classified portion
of the briefing.
2. The Congressman said that he hopes to make a floor
statement illustrating that the Soviets have, by establishing bases in
Angola, gained a strong foothold on the West coast of Africa and that
by virtue. of this will control the shipping routes in that geographic
area. The Congressman had hoped that we would have been able to
provide him with unclassified information pointing towards the proof
of this contention. We were not able to do so.
3. II suggested that, were he to prepare a, list of questions,
we might be able to respond to his needs, although the great
majority of our information was, by definition, classified and therefore
useless to him in this regard.
4. "After the meeting I told Mr. Parker that we would be
happy to respond t:-) his several questions and hastened to add that he
ought to also talk with the Departments of State and Defense, the latter
because most of the information sought by Mr. Schulze is military
in nature. I added that, as Mr. Schulze is from Pennsylvania, he might,
want to speak with someone from Gulf Oil as it is well known that they 25X1
operate in Angola and presumably could supply him with some information.
Assistant Legislative Counsel
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