ANGOLA COST PUT NEAR $60-MILLION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000300050016-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: December 18, 1975
• Content Type: NSPR

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for Covert Operations Senator. weickex said he Wad- Ste' he had the duty of dis I1
earned from. private sources
ifs Current Fiscal Year tltatt the Acim narration hed iclosure.
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' 1 r ht $I00ftntllihn for Angola 1 ^But~ the question wasiun
1$i1NGTON Dec. 17- oversee itt- c0nufit~ees '. had the Angola issue or the Senate's
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, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey scaled down the request. practices.
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Safd today that covert Lnited to now the C.I.A. had sent)
States operations in Angola ~t7 million in ordinan to
wen currently projected by the Angola on behalf of two fac
Administration at a total of . tions fighting against the Pcpu-
$60 million for the current fis- lar Movement for the Libera-
cal year. ? ' - ...--tics of Angola, which has So-
low,"
SQme Senate members are viet support. I
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the operations that would,'be, he went on. "For example, . they'
'3Sri Appropriation Act, the So maybe the actual amount
Minnesota Democrat said. ! of arms was much higher."
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According to Senator Hum Countering Congressional ac -~
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t 'he GVe`h tv c no exploitative in, TA. rector of o eratlorzs,
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tra on was p a tnzng fr. -put.
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y year in:ev ll wal- '150 parallels between Vietnam and
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is rest old matter""~T>re don tPdltty -ntadc? siozt on the Angola issue for
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nteal basis as
on a piecc? .pant, Mr. Huinprey said, sug Plotn ng i's enin to IiTierals
a prgpo ai submitted
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gesting an analogy that is very
much on the:jiiiinds of the Con b~ SenatC?r Tunnel that would
greys iii cotntection with lead to trlmmutt S33 million
4vo other Seit-tors said the, 10. _.of..Lh d fez e. aj>pi
ha reason to'believe filar ov '` `!r' zs and liar furs ter funding
ert expenditures in Angola -far of convert actions !n Angola
exceeded what hhtl?so far-been 'ou.L~:i-deferise, ,hr.nds. i
disclosed 1o the'.Congress; ih? disusrion i.rl,ezl to ; n
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