NKOMO SEES CIA ROLE IN ANGOLA WAR

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Rhodesia-- Guerrilla Leader
Denies-Cuban' Combat Aid
United Press International
fighting -the Rhodesian government,.-,
,, pre-in the affairs of Marxist Angola...,
Nkomo, -citing ";`those- who know-",
,gram.
.yesterday that they "believe
antigovt) Al f
ernmenngoanorces
do get. some aidfrom the United,'
`States".: that is funneled... through
"'-(Cuban President:Fidel. Castro,- in
weekend interviews, also charged the.
CIA has established new contacts
with Angolan insurgents.)., ; _
Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe'
African People's Union, is believed to
have 8,500 men located in Zambia,
which' also shares - a . border with
Angola.
NKOMO PREDICTED '"victory"
J or his guerrilla" forces against the
Rhodesian government- in the next
six to 10 months..~- ,
"We have reached the hump," he
said, adding that his group would
establish a socialist state. in Rhode-
sia.
."Socialism is ,-an ideology very
close to our own way of thinking as
opposed to capitalism," he said. .
.
He called attempts by the United; `i
States and Britain to reach a negoti-
ated settlement in Rhodesia "out of-:;
date.,,
Nkomo denied-a recent'-report'at-
tiibuted to. him that Cuban military
advisers were. operating.. with hid t.;
.troops.'.` _'. ~f `.. :?, . . :
"Cuba is one of the countries that,
has positively answered our need fore
assistance," he said,-saying the help.'"'
has ranged from sugar .to training of I
young black guerrillas. ":
But he denied. Cuban military
advise were working with his men.
"W1THAVE' ASKED ALL
coun-
tries . l . to come foward to aid us,"
he said, but. the .United States and
other Western nations have refused
because Nkomo's-troops are fighting
a brand of facism which gives
profits" to corporations with inter-
ests in the United States. ;
He said he also gets-arms from
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DATE
Russia and help from East Germany
that has ranged "from a pin to huge
equipment to light our school" that
he has establshed for young blacks.
He said the United States did, how-
ever, through the United Nations,
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send $500,000 for the building. of the
school. -
He called President Carter's state-
ments on African "nice sounds and
noises" that have not been put into
action.