Westward blocs split on Soviet role in Kolwezi strike
Katangan forces, numbering about 3,500, attacked Kolwezi triggering Western debate on Soviet and Cuban involvement in Africa. Analysts warn of a wider plan to destabilize Mobutu Sese Seko and reshape southern Africa, while evidence remains circumstantial and diplomacy debates intensify in Washington, Paris, and Brussels.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Kolwezi
Soviet Union
Washington
Paris
Brussels
Cuba
Soviet Bloc
Lunda
Baluba
Shaba
Moscow
Africa
Mobutu Sese Seko
State Department
National Front For the Liberation of the Congo
Angola
Mobutu
Katanga
Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Central Intelligence Agency
West
Pilgrimage, Austerity and Political Upheaval In Portugal
In Lisbon Fatima draws 700000 pilgrims while May Day protests fade amid an IMF backed 750 million loan. Food prices soar, meat wins and apples replace bananas as Almada residents discuss Soares and Communists. Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho laments desertion of revolution.
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Lisbon
Fatima
Portugal
Estoril
Sintra
International Monetary Fund
Manuel da Silva
Almada
Tagus
da Silva
O Diario
Mario Soares
Opovo
Maria de Gloria
Joao Serra
Oeiras
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Aleksandr Solzhenitysn
Leon Uris
Mao Tse-tung
Oscar Wilde
Otelo
NATO summit rift over Africa policy evident after Washington talks
Washington debates reveal a divided NATO stance on African actions by Soviet and Cuban forces. Callaghan pressured for a milder East West frame while favoring African solutions and regional negotiation, linking Zaire stability to Moroccan backed forces and copper mining revival.
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London
NATO
Washington
Africa
Callaghan
Carter
White House
Denmark
Belgium
Norway
Netherlands
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Christopher Columbuses
United States
Leo Tindemans
Ethiopia
Angola
Callagham
Brzezinski
Dine
Zaire
Gabon
Senegal
Ivory Coast
Southam News Services
Secret trial sparks push to reform Official Secrets Act
In Ottawa, Conservative MP Gerald Baldwin challenged the secrecy of the Peter Treu case and pressed Parliament to probe the Official Secrets Act. Judge Yves Mayrand rebuked Baldwin as secret proceedings drew criticism from across parties, while Liberal MPs largely stayed quiet.
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Ottawa
Gerald Baldwin
Peace River
Baldwin
Peter Treu
Montreal
Flora MacDonald
Treu
Ged Baldwin
Yves Mayrand
Commons Justice Committee
Official Secrets Act
Star Chamber
Tudor and Stuart Times
Mayrand
Canada
Basford
Judge Mayland
Tory
NDP
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George Sangumbe
National Union For the Total Liberation of
U.S
Sangumbe
Horn of Africa
James K. Markham
Banes
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
Adelino Amaro da Costa
Center
Democrats
Nicholas Hills
Christopher Young
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