ANGOLA CONTINGENCY PLANNING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-102-5-31-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: October 31, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02: LOC-HAK-102-5-31-8
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3,: (4 .')37 GOVERNMENTS PLAN TO PLACE THFIR F$TAPL,ISHM-IMTS
714 THE CARE OF THE LOCAL EMPLOYEES OR RESIDeN NATYUNALSo
TtiF !?TALTAN p FUR EXAMPLEo HAVE TWO RE.SIOENT XT LIANS
ON,' ? HE PAYROLL WHO WILL TAKE CUSTODY OF THE GC~~-SUf.A;
XN 'HE, EVENT OF CLOSURE,
4, Ti-Ui STEPS OiITLINEO IN PARA 4 OF RE'F TEL WILL NO'.- IN
ANN WAY RLDUCE THE. RISK TO PERSONN4'.L, Wt HAVE ENOUGh
FhFiW x NCY COMMUNICAT TONS Ef)U!PMENT 4, ETHER we ?APL
NEAR in OR FAR FROM THE AIRPORT WILL MADE NO )IFFEPtNCE
t'N T~4 s EVEL, CF RISKS THE SCENARIO 'HAT IS APUU i 'In
E:Mv{Ge S ONE IN WHIrM THE A1RPJRl 'WILL BE CLO"wn L. CNG
REF0'7(E ANY EVACUATION RL AN OR COMr''ERCrAL AIRCRAFT
F:AN nET IN, AS FOR OFTAILEn PLANNING FOk POSSIBLE
OU'CK !VACUATIONQ THERE IS NO WAY US .DwRSONNEL CAN PE
PU`C'LpV FVACUATBD FROM LUANDA,, IH SHONT, THE ONLY WAY
A.uFw!iATE TO .PRnTFCT EM'PLOYEE'S I`S TO R f4DVE TOEnM
h4Ft R . N U `PFNDf HCE ON NOVEMBER Y 1 ANU AS I POIN1 ED OUT
IN MY EARLIER 'CABLE, BY NOVEMBER THREE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE SUS AIRLT.FT AND TO bEAT A PUSSI,t3L tb FNL A ATTACK ON
L,U"-i4?)R PRIOR TO IND PENDFNCE.
5, BFFORE WE CIFCTDF WHFTHER TO LEAVE ON NOVEMBER THREE
nR NnV MRER TEND OF COUR;AE, WE MUb r' r) CIfl WHETHEK 11+E
ARE' GOING TO RFCOGNI7E AlNl MPLt -a0VFHNM NT OR SIT IN
L.UANr;,A Y41THGLJT ANY, STATUS UNDER AN MPLA REGIME,, IF 'THE
OMr'ISrON IS TO STAVE AND IF THE MPLA LETS US STAYv nF
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A.-41) THE SI7E OF THE STAFF
IN MY OWN CASE # CONTACTS WITH `"HE MP ,.A riAVE L'lECO
FEWER Arai FEWEP 45 THE WAR HAS HFAT0 1P ANU AS ANG ;R
OVFE DS SUPPORT FOR' FNLA AND UNITA MAS ~POWN IN THE
FACE OF MPLA DEFEATS. AFTER A UNILATERAL U CLARA'i1N
OF ;.NDEPF;4%NCF, I WILL HAVE NO U6rFUL ROLE TO PLAY,,
_.N.UR %HnULO WF RETAIN A C' NSU". GEFtERAL HERE, EVE:?N ' LF
Wk DECIDE To REMAIN OPEN, IF THE Ar;ENCY WANTS TO
KcFN ITS UP RATIONS GOING AND THE 1EPAPTM ,NT CONCWRb,, THE,!
CAN A'f AFF THE OFFICE AND HANOLF ANY tJKG f-Jl` CONSULAR PUS;"
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-31-8
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OFFICER OR THE, (fLTTICAL-ECUNUMIC OFFICE. A SUFY'IL. ~ NT
NUM sER OF LOCALS WILL BE ON HAND T") PRC'r I0E SER"Mr S
ANA) CUSr0UTAL. CARS;;,
6. ONE LAST POINT, IF WE DON;T TAKE OUR PEOPLE OU" ? 4 OVE:vU "FR
THREE, WE MAY HAVE TO RR.I.NG TN AN EVACUATIQN PLANE, TAP WILL
PfrwOUCE ITS GROUNr PERSONNEL TN THE NEXT FEW nAY ~ ANO THE - IS
ALSU GnING TO RE A RUSH ON THE FFFW AVAILABLE COMMEPCIAL ALP,,,
CRAFT, $0 THAT THE PROSPECTS ARE FOR CHAOS AT THE AIRPORT AN )
TInKET :OFFACES,
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-31-8