States and the Soviet Union. The detente' is said to be 'in danger'; the Angolan masses are said to have become cannon fodder for a conflict between two superpowers. Clearly, such a presentation of the 'facts' fulfills a political function for the mass media. The point is to hark back to the good old days of the Alvor accords, when there was a coalition government and 'peaceful coexistence among the MPLA, FNLA, and UNITA.
The frankest American argumentation, apart from Kissinger's, was presented by Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to the United Nations, who asserted on 12 January that the Angolan conflict is a practically inevitable consequence of the detente..... You must see detente as a situation in which tensions will increase, or you International C. GABRIEL a revolutionary Marxist orientation, such as the distributors of the newspaper Revolucao Socialista.
Decisive role The CAC, which held a generally majority position within this far left, were able to play a decisive role in pressuring the MPLA for a whole period, particularly on the question of the neighbourhood committees and their coordination, and on the question of the self-defence militias. The militants of the CAC penetrated rather far into the ranks of the MPLA, taking on positions in military training and posts of responsibility. The MPLA leadership made a de facto accommodation with these currents,