STATE OF PLAY WITH PORTUGUESE ON SOUTHERN AFRICA

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2008
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: October 19, 1982
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUgJECTi STATE OF PLAY WITH PORTUGUESE ON SOUTHERN APRICA
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2.. 3UMMARYt AF DAS WI9NER EIRIEFED PORTUGUESE CHARGE
PEDRO MENEZE9 ON OCTOBER 13 ON STATE OF PLAY IN SOUTHERN
AFRICA' NEGOTIATIONS, AND DISCUSSED NEXT STEPS. THIS '
ME3gACE SUMMARIZES WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PORTUGUESE ON
THE ANGOLA TRACK. PARA 13 REQUESTS FOLLOW"UP ACTION.
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3. WIENER TOL? EIENEZES THAT HE WANTED 70 FQLLOW UP BRIEF.
MEETING WHICH AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY HAO
WITH
FOREIGN
MINISTER PEREIRA IN NEW YORK ON SEPTEMBER
30~_
CROCKER
HAD NOT HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GRIEF PERI?IRA
FULLY
ON STATg
OF PLAY, AT SEPTEMBER 3~ MEETING PEREIRA
TOLD
CROCKER.HE
DISCUSSING IN GENERAL TERMS_A PLAN FDR CUt~AN_WITHDRAWAL~.
SANTOS Is NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO GD ANY FURTHER ANO THAT
MPLA IS HOPELESSLY DIVIDED, ~NEYERTNELES9~ PEREIRA MApE
CLEAR THAT PORTUGUESE WANT 70'STAY INyOLVED IN HELPING Ue
IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. PEREIRA 3UGGESTEO THAT UPS. MIGHT
WANT 7Q CONSIDER MULTINATIONAL FDRCE, PERHAPS OF WESTERN
COUN?RTES AND AFRICAN?COUNTRIES~ PEREIRA NOTED THAT HE
WOULD eE SEEING ANGOLAN FQREIGN MINISTER .iORGE SOON AND
WOULD REPORT BACK TO US ON THAT MEETING, -
a. WIENER OPENED DISCUSSION BY BRINGING,MENEZES UP TO
OATS ON U5~MPLA pISCUSSIDNS, HE 6RIEFED~MENEZE3 ON
SECRETARY+JORGE~MEETING ALONG IINES.OF REF Cr WHiCH IS
BEING REPEATED TO LIS60N. WISHER UNDERLINED WHAT WE NEED .
THAT MPLA HA9 NOT GIVEN Ug ??~ SPECIFICITY ON NUMBERS AND
TIMING, i,E, A CALENDARIO FOR CUBAN WITHDRAf~AL +- IN
ORDER TO BRING. THE gAG~ T0= A SETTLEMENT, HOWEYER~ PE?OGRE3S
HA3 BEEN MADE IN THE NEGt7TIATI0N3, TNE~MPLA jS NO.W BULLY
ENGAGED WITH US IN A NEGOTIATION ON CUBAN WITHDRAWAL
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~~ ISSUE'AND HAS RECONFIRMEQ ITS COMMITMENT TQ THE PRQCEDURAL
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FRAMEWORK (PRE.VI.OUSLY BRIEFED TO PORTUGUESE) OF RECIPRDCAL
ANGOLAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN ASSURANCES AS THE VEHICLE TO
BRING THE NEGOTIATIONS TO CONCLUSZON.~- WIENER CHARAC~-
TERIZED THE NEGOTIATIONS. qS~A ROLLERCOASTER RIDEt
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PROGRESS MADc AT THE 3UNE MEE7INGP LITTLE IN JULY. MUCH
PROGRESS AS A RESULT OF TFIE AUGUST MISSIONS ANO LITTI-.E IN
SEPTEMBER. !~I.SNER NOTED THAT THE MPLA HAD IN AUGUST
90UGHT A FORMULA IN THE SAG ASSURANCES TO ENSURE THAT. THE
SAG WOULD CUT OFF. UNITAI HOWEVER~~ WE ARGUED THAT THIS WAS
UNREALISTIC AND THE -MPLA DID NOT PURSUE~'IT-Ia--~'HE SEPTEMBER
DISCUSSIONS. IN THE SEPTEMBER MEETINGS THE MPLA ALSO -
REI,TERAT#D WILLiNGNESS TO MAKE A "SMaLL,-INITIAL REDUCTION"
~OF CUB,AN FORCES IN PHASE III AFTER ALL BUT 1800 SAG
FORCES HAYS WXTHDRAWN AT THE .END OF THE FIRST THREE
MONTHg,. WISHER MADE CLEAR THAT "THIS. IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH
TO BRING THE SAG ALO~~G~ IN ADDITION, AT THE: SEPTEMBER
DISCUSSIONS TH# MPLA ALSO MADE SOME HELPFUL MOVES ON THE
CEABEFIRE~BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION (CBI1 PROPOSALS BUT WE
DID NOT WANT TO GET HEAyILY INTO THIS WITHOUT MORE
PPRGRESS ON THE MAIN QUSAN WITHDRAWAL QUESTION,
g.. !~IBNER POINTED OUT THAT. ALTHOUGH THE DISCUSSIONS IN
.StrTtMt~ER w~K~ .FRANK AND DiFFt~UI:T~ BOTH SIDES CoMMITTBD
THEMSELVES TO CONTINUING THE NEGOTIATION?~ IN THE EXpECTA?
TION THAT A SOLUTION CAN BE FOUND. THE TONE WAS NOT
BASICALLY NEGATIVE. BOTH BIDES AGREED ON A LIST OF AREAS
OF MUTUAL. AGREEMENT INCLUDING THE FOLLOWINGi THAT THE
SECURITY SITUATION WILL TMPRAVE FOR ANGOLA-AS THE PROP.
YI9ION3 OF T.?HE UN. PLAN ARE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASE III THAT
THE IMPRf1yED SECURITI~ BITUATI'ON~ FOR ANGOLA WILL ENABLE
AN~oLA TQ WITHDRAW s~ME CUBAN FORCES DURING PHAS>= ilij
~~ THAT RESOLUTION OF THE CUBAN WITHDRAWAL. AND NAMIBIA
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CONTEXT OF PHASE I.ii- THAT SECURITY ASSURANCES FOR ANGOLA
CAN AND SHOULD BE OBTAINED UNDER THE AEGIS OF. THE U,3.
80TH SIDES AGREED TO REVIEW~THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS
wLTft A VIEW TOWARp9 9UILDING..BRzDGES BET'~+EEN THEM.. WHILE
THE SECRETARYfg MEETING WITH ,TORGE,IN NEW YORK UNDERSCORED
OUR UNHAPPINESS WITH JORGE~S HARSH UNGA~9PEECH AND THE
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U.S. ME3SAG'c~THAT THE MPLA HAD NOT PROVIDED ENOUGH ON --
CUBAN WITMDRAiWAL; THE MEETING~AT THE SAME TIME UNDERLINED --
. THE U.9a~-COMMITMENT TO~THE PEACE PPOCEgS,. ` -
8. WISNER TOLD MENEZc3 THAT, CONTRARY TO PRESS REPQRTS
THAT THE SOUTHERN AFRICA NEGOTIATIONS ARE DEADLOCKEDr THE
U.S. BELIEVES THAT ENORMOUS PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AND
THAT THE FOUNDATION HA3 BEEN LAID FOR A SOLUTION; THE
PARTIES TO fiHE NEGOTIATION REALIZE THAT THERE IS NO -
AL.TERNATIVE AND fiHUS WANT THE US-MPLA DISCUSSIONS TO
SUCCEED. THE RELATIVE aUIET FROM THE F~,3 REFLECTS -~
THIS, - .:
?'.. ~ THE PORTUGUESE NAVE ARGUED IN THE PAST THAT-~ WE SHOULD
PROCEED TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH ANGOLA IN ADVANCE OF AN
AGREzMENT ON CUBAN WITHDRAWAL AS A CONFIDENCE??BUII.DING
MEASURE.- .W E. ARE NOT PREPARED TD DO THIS,. THE MOVE WOULD
8E TACTICALLY UNWISE SINCE THE ANGOLAtyS COULD POCKET A _
CONCESSION WITHOUT-MEETING A VITA{. REQUIREMENT OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS AND A LONGSTANDING GOAL OF U.S.+POLICY.
8. WISNER THEN TURNED THE COYERSATION TO_ NEXT STEPS WITH
THE PORTUGUESE~ON?~ANGOLA. WISNER NOTED THAT PEREIRA HAD
TOLD.CROCKER THAT HE WOULD BRIEF U9 ON MIS CaNVERSATiON
WITH JORGEa BUT WE HAD NOT YET HEAPD FROM HIM WISNER
POINTED OUT~THAT PEREIRA NAD GIVEN A DINNEf~ FOR JORGE IN
NEW YORK MENEZES PROMISED TO FOI.LQW Up QUICKLY WITH
PEREIRA EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH PORTUGUESE AMBASSApOR
TD- WASHINGTON -~ATHTAg WHQ~ IS PRESENTLY ~N LISBON..
9. WISN!?R TOLD MENEZES THAT THE u,s: WOI~