COMMENTS OF GENERAL ALMENDRA, DEPUTY COMMANDER OF PORTUGUESE MILITARY FORCES IN ANGOLA ON DEVELOPMENTS THERE AND ON RELATED PORTUGUESE PLANS

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Library of Congress [2]

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LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4

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January 11, 2017

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October 20, 1975

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE or~c~ og ~ $~ARY October 29, 1975 Sir: There is mother issue not addressed in this memo -- avoiding a syn~bvlic transfer of power to the MPLA in Luanda an Nov~nber ll:. Antunes has said the Portuguese will not .turn over the .~overnrn.ent to any one of the three movements. My concern is symbolism; the symbolism of the MPLA's control of Luanci.a, the capital, compounded by a symbolic ceremony v~heh transfers power from the Pc~tuguese to the MPLA. Pictu'~res of a Portuguese governor general handing the flag or the sward or whatever to the MPLA representative would be distinctly unhelpful to our objectives in Angola. We might consider urging the Portuguese to leave with an absolute minimum of (or .even better without any) .ceremony at all. This may be more than their Latin temperaments can bear but it may be worth an effort. Another alternative, considered by the OAU, would be for the party to turn the"u~~truments of power" over to aJ.l three movements in three different cities. X have asked that AP' address this question in another memo to you. No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/12/02 : LOC-HAK-102-5-17-4