BRIEFING OF SENATE STAFF PERSONNEL ON DECEMBER 7 1983

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91B00135R000601040004-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 16, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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OLL 83-3124
16 December 1983
SUBJECT: Briefing of Senate Staff Personnel on December 7, 1983
1. Subject and Participants: Senate Foreign Relations
Committee--Philip Christensen, Allison Rosenberg, Nancy Stetson;
Senator Tsonyas Staff--Chris Chamberlin; ALA/AF-
Subject of the briefing was
Southern Africa Regional Security Issues.
personnel on three major issues: (1) the insurgency in Angola,
(2) the state of the Namibian negotiations, and (3) South Africa
internal security policy. Approximately half of the briefing was
concerned with the development of UNITA into a major military
threat to the Luanda government, and the effect of this
insurgency on discussions between Angola and the United States on
the issue of Cuban troop withdrawal.
fps. Rosenberg and Mr. Christensen were interested in the
South African constitutional process. Mr. Christensen asked for
our assessment of the various black South African political
dissident organizations, specifically the African National
Congress. Briefers drew on a recent ALA/AF Intelligence
Assessment on the African National Congress, and suggested that
Mr. Christensen meet with
The briefing was conducted at the SECRET level. All four
staffers hold a TOP SECRET clearance.
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