PLAN FOR ANGOLAN INDEPENDENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100140063-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: July 24, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: PLAN FOR ANGOLAN INDEPENDENCE
THE HEAD OF A SPECIAL PORTUGUESE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM NOW IN
ANGOLA HAS DISCUSSED WITH THE US CONSUL THERE PORTUGAL'S "PLAN"
FOR ANGOLAN INDEPENDENCE WITHOUT PRIOR EXERCISE OF SELF-DETERMINATION.
THE PLAN CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT PROVISIONAL-COALITION
GOVERNMENT INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE INSURGENT GROUPS
AND THE WHITE AND MESTIZO COj'1MUNITIES IN ANGOLA. THIS GOVERNMENT
tdOULD PREPARE FOR AN .EVENTUAL "DEMOCRATI'C REFERENDUM."
UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS OF INSURGENT DISUNITY, THIS PLAN
COULD NOT BE I.MPLEMNENTED, BUT IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT LISBON HAS
DECIDES TO ,TRY TO DEAL WITH THE ANGOLAN PROBLEM. PORTUGAL'S
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EXPERIENCES IN SEEKING POLITICAL SOLUTIONS IN PORTUGUESE
GUINEA AND MOZAMBIQUE, COUPLED WITH INCREASING S'"GNS OF DEEP
DIVISIONS WITHIN ANGOLAN SOCIETY, APPARENTLY HAVE CONVINCED
LISBON THAT ;J N ANGOLA-, AS IN PORTUGUESE GUINEA AND iIOZAMEiIQUE,
THE INSURGENTS MUST BE GIVEN MAJOR CONSIDERATION IN ANY POLITICAL
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