REPORT RE END OF THE GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AIRLIFT OF ANGOLAN REFUGEES

Created: 10/29/1975

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PORTUGAL: tha and thia uaak of tha govarnmant-aponaorad airlift of Angolan rafugaaa could spell mora troubla for Prima Hiniatar Aaai/ado. Saorlyeturnees hiiavo raaohadby Friday.

The embittered and frustratedhave refrained from taking direct political action for. of reprisalsst relatives and friends still In Angola. Last weekend,roup believed associated with the refugees claimed to haveomb attack on the left-wing Angolan cultural center. The group, which blamed the government for the refugees' plight, said It had decided to answerh violence."

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Vita onlyj before thm aohedulad date for ind-ipcnd^nceightingrival liberation movement* ie continuing in several key area*.

In tht north, the Za1 Man-supported National Front for the Liberation of Angola It trying to resume Its drive toward the capital, Luanda, which Is controlled by the Soviet-supported Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola. Destruction of two bridges has currently halted Front forces at the town of Qulfangcndo.iles from Luanda.

In the south, conblnrd forces of the National Front and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola--probably assisted by South African adv1sers--have taken the town of Sa da Bandelra and tht port of Nocamedes fron the Popular Movement.

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