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interagency: intelligence MEMORANDUM*
subject: Soviet and Cuban Aid to" the, MPLA inFebruary
Key Points
The value of support provided the Popular Move-ment for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) by the Soviet Union and Cuba in
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brings total estimated Soviet and Cuban aid to the MPLA for the year5 to0 million
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wethat the amount of military goods shipped declined. Arms deliveries, however, included the first confirmed shipments ofircraft.
A large portion of the February deliveries was foodstuff.
This memorandum supplements and brings up ,to date too earlier Interagency Intelligence Memoranda entitled, "Soviet and Cuban Aid to the MPLA in Angola from March through" published onanuarynd "Soviet and Cuban Aid to the MPLA in Angola During January" published on ebruary It has been prepared jointly by the Central Intelligence Agency the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Bureau ofand Research of the Department of State, and the Rational Security Agency.
- Wa believe an additionalubans were sent to Angola in February, raising the total number of Cuban military personnel in""Country to sineebruary thehas probably remained at this level, as further arrivals have been offset by an equal number of troops, including some wounded,to Cuba.
The airlift from the Soviet Union duringwasfrom Cuba were putegularschedule beginning in raid-month.
were
Sealift operations between Cuba and Angol, increasingly integrated into the Cuban merchant fleet's worldwide schedules.
The Details
oviet and Cuban aid to Angola ina record level.
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Besides hauling larger quantities ofgoods ir> February, Cuban ships changed theirpattern. Rather than waiting for ships to return from Angola to Cuba to take on more Angola-bound cargo, the Cubans assigned nore ships to Angolan' voyages as they became available in Cuba. These changes enabled more of the ships to resume regular commercialafter leaving the Angolan.region.
Airlift activity from the Soviet Union to the Angolan area declined sharply in February- iTZ
Cuban Personnel Movements
8" Cuban shiPs arriving in the Angolan reaion in
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