I WILL SOON BE INTRODUCING THE ENCLOSED BILL, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THAT ANY U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR MILITARY OR PARAMILITARY OPERATIONS IN ANGOLA BE OPENLY ACKNOWLEDGED AND PUBLICLY DEBATED.

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Dear Colleague:
I will soon be introducing the enclosed bill, which would
require that any U.S. government support for military or
paramilitary operations in Angola be openly acknowledged and
publicly debated. The bill is identical to legislation that
Senators Mathias, Leahy, and I submitted last year. But the
need for it is now more urgent than ever.
This bill would set forth a procedure by which open
acknowledgement and public debate on the entire question of
U.S. policy toward Angola could take. place. In order to
provide paramilitary support to Angolan insurgents, the
President would have to determine that it is important to the
national security and request the House and Senate to approve
his request. Support could be provided only if the Congress
approved it through a joint resolution, which could be appended
to other legislation.
This bill neither prohibits nor endorses U.S. assistance
tc insurgent forces in AnEcla. It simply enr.ures that tLi,
important issue for U.S. policy in southern Africa would
receive the comprehensive public consideration it deserves.
Over the next days and months, the Senate will be
presented with various legislative initiatives that would
further involve us in Angola. We should not be voting on these
bills and amendments in a vacuum before we have defined our
objectives in Angola, the costs, risks, and benefits of such
involvement, and the degree of Congressional and public
support. As we noted last year, the Senate still has not
decided whether or not the US should actively take sides in the
Angola conflict. Nor has it made clear what our aims should be
if we do.
What & our aims in Angola? Should we take sides in the
Angolan civil war? Does assistance to UNITA serve U.S.
interests in promoting national reconciliation and peaceful
change toward democracy in the region? How should the U.S.
deal with the MPLA in Luanda, a regime we have not recognized
over the last decade? What about U.S. business in Angola?
What are Soviet and Cuban interests in Angola? To the extent
that they seek to impose a military solution to the problems of
the region, how can they best be countered? These are but some
of the questions that deserve thoughtful and thorough debate.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Introduced the following bill; which was read twice and refe>leecVto the Conunitleo on
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Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence.
A BILL
To require that any United States Government support for 111 i I i.t.a ry
or paramilitary operations in Angola be openly acknowledged and
publicly debated.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DECLARA'T'ION TIIA'C ANY SUPPORT FOR MILITARY OR PAI:A-
MII.ITAItY OPERATIONS IN ANGOLA SHOULD -11M, OVENLY
ACKNOWLEDGED AND PUBLICLY DEBATED.
The Congress finds that the United States Government should
support military or paramilitary operations in Angola only if
the provision of that support is the openly acknowledged policy
of the United States. It is, therefore, the sense of the
Congress that the United States Government should not provide
any such support until the President has publicly informed the
Congress and the American people that United States Government
support for military or paramilitary operations in Angola is
important to the national security and the Congress has approved
such support.
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SECTION 2. ENSURING TI?IAT SUPPORT IS OPENLY ACKNOWLEDGED.
(a) ANY SUPPORT MUST BE OPENLY ACKNOWLEDGED.-During
fiscal years 1986 and 1987, a department, agency or other
instrumentality of the United States Covcrnmcnt may ulml igaty
or expend funds--
(1) to conduct, directly or indirectly, military or
paramilitary operations in Angola, or
(2) to provide any financial, immaterial, or other
assistance, directly or indirectly, to any group engaged
in military or paramilitary operations in Angola,
only if the use of funds for that purpose is the openly
ucknowlcdgcd policy of the United States Government, as
determined in accordance with subsection (b).
(b) PIZLSIUI:NT1AL ItliQUI:ST AND CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.-
In order to ensure that any United States Government support
for military or paramilitary operations in Angola is openly
acknowledged, funds may be used for the purposes described in
subsection (a) only if--
(1) the' President determines that United States
Government support for military or paramilitary operations
in Angola is important to the national security and submits
to the Speaker of the Mouse of Representative and the
President of the Senate a request that the Congress
approve openly acknowledged United States Government
support for those operations; and
(2) the Congress enacts a joint resolution
approving United States Government support for military
or paramilitary operations in Angola.
Any such support may be provided only to the extent permitted
by that joint resolution.
(c) INTERPRETATION OF LIMITATION.--Nothing in this section
should be construed to prohibit the obligation or expenditure
of funds for--
(1) United States diplomatic activities;
(2) activities of the United States Armed Forccs
which are reported to the Congress pursuant to section 4(a)
of the War Powers Resolution; or
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(3) assistance provided through the United Nations
Iligh Commissioner for Refugees or the lntcrnili.uii;j I
Committee of.the Red Cross.
(d) RLLATIONSII I P WITII OTIIUR LAWS.-The redo i remeis t s o l'
this section may not be waived under the authority of any other
provision of law. This section supercedes any provisions of law
which might otherwise be construed to allow funds to be used
for the purposes described in subsection (a).
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