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13. Memorandum of Conversation

luding a sizeable number of pilots, are also in Angola. Asked whether UNITA had captured any Algerians, Chitunda replied in the negative. Asked what other African nationals were serving in support of the MPLA , he responded that there were about 500 Nigerians, 300 Congolese, and some from Guinea (Conakry) and Mozambique. Asked for his assessment of the Shaban border situation, Chitunda replied that he expected the Katangan gendarmes soon to launch a guerrilla (not conventional, like last spring) attack against Shaba. UNITA has two battalions in the Shaba border area and is preparing to fight t…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1977-10-03
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XVI, Southern Africa
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v16/d13
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13. Memorandum of Conversation. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1977-80v16/d13.