AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN STOCKWELL

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 7, 1978
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DATE May 7, 1978 7:00 PM CI
An Interview with John Stockwell I
MIKE WALLACE: Why are there now b
Cuban troops In Africa, allies and tools of
cording to a former CIA officer, the Cubans
part, because of the failure of a secret war n
the CIA In Angola In 1975 and '76. You're unc
just what happened lIn Angola during those yet
were sketchy at best. But according to the former'UTA otttcer
you're about to meet, that secret Intervention was a debacle for
the United States and a major triumph for the Soviets and their
Cuban allies.
JOHN STOCKWELL: Had the CIA not existed, had the CIA
option, the violent option not existed In Angola, we wouldn't
have had the escalation of war and we wouldn't have had Cuban
soldiers entrenched In the country, with great credibility,
looked upon as heroes of the people of Africa. And this is
because of the blundering stupidity, If you will, of the CIA's
paramilitary operation.
WALLACE: Who is this man who talks of the blundering
stupidity of the CIA? He was the chief of the CIA's Angola
task force, John Stockwell, a twelve year veteran of the Agency's
covert operations section. His unauthorized account of the covert
war he helped run, a book he calls in Search of Enemies, has.been
secretly published and is just now 6eIRg-UTstrTbuWd-To book stores
across the country.
Stockwell was an ideal recruit for the CIA. He had
grown up In Africa, went to college in the United States. After
a hitch In the Marine Corps, he joined the agency in 1964. He
served tours in Africa, Vietnam. Then in July, 1975, he was asked
to ride herd from CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia on the
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