Dirty work 2: the CIA in Africa

273 Pages·1980·16.64 MB·English

by  Ellen Ray

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DIRTY
WORK
The CIA in Afruca
Edited by
ELLEN RAY, WILLIAM SCHAAP,
KARL VAN METER, and
LOUIS WOLF
Preface by Sean MacBride
Zed Press, 57 Caledonian Road,
London Nl 9DN
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Dirty llork 2: The CIA in Alricawas
published in the United Kingdom in
February 1980 by Zed press,
57 Caledonian Road, London Nl 9DN
by arrangement with Lyle Stuart Inc.
120 Enterprise Ave., Secaucus, N.J. 07094, USA
ISBN Pb o sos762 62 2
AII rights reserved
Copyright O 1980 by C.L publications
First reprinted, 1982
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Permissions and Credits
"The CIA in Africa: How Central? How Intelligent?" by Ren6 Lemarchand, copy-
right @ 1978 by University Press of America, Inc.; reprinted with their permis-
sion and the permission of the author.
"The CIA as an Equal Opportunity Employer," by Dan Schechter, Michael An-
sara, and David Kolodney, copyright @ 1970 by Africa Research Group; reprint-
ed with their permission.
"CIA Recruitment for Africa: The Case of Howard University, Washington, i
D.C.," from CovertAction Information Bulletin, copyright O 1979 by Covert Ac-
tion Publications, Inc.; reprinted with their permission.
"The CIA and the Media: An Overview," by Cyrille Fall, copyright @ 1978 by
A.frique-Asie; reprinted with their permission; translation by Mark Richey, copy-
right @ 1979by C. I. Publications, Inc.
"Media Manipulation in Angola," by John Stockwell, copyright O 1978 by John
Stockwell; reprinted with his permission.
"The Assassination of Eduarilo Mondlane," by Frederic Laurent and Nina Sutton,
copyright @ 1978 by Editions Stock; reprinted with their permission; translation
by Karl Van Meter, copyright @ 19'19 by C. I. Publications, Inc.
"PIDE and SDECE: Plotting in Guinea," by Ken Lawrence, includes extensive
quotes from an article in Expresso, Lisbon. Article copyright O 1976 by Jornal
Expresso, Lisbon, Portugal; quotations reprinted with their permission. Transla-
tion by Mark Richey, copyright @ 1979 by C. I. Publications, Inc.
"Confession of a 'Dog of War,"' by Ren6 Backmann, copyright @ 1978 by Le
Nouvel Obsenateur; reprinted with their permission; translation by Karl Van Me-
ter, copyright @ 1979 by C. I. Publications, Inc.
"CIA Said to Have Aided Plotters Who Overthrew Nkrumah in Ghana," by Sey-
mour Hersh, copyright O 1978 by The New York Times Company; reprinted
with their permission.
"Games People Play," by Jim Paul, copyright @ 1976 by Middle East Research
and Information Project; reprinted with their permission.
"The Confessions ofa Spy," from Afrique-Asie, copyright @ 1978 by Afrique-Asie;
reprinted with their permission; translation by Mark Richey, copyright @ 1979
by C. I. Publications, Inc.
"The CIA and U.S. Policy in Zaire and Angola," by Stephen Weissman, copyright
O 1978 by University Press of America, Inc.; reprinted with their permission and
the permission of the author.
"A Tough Little Monkey," by Jack Bourderie, copyright O 1975 by Afrique-Asie;
reprinted with their permission; translation by Karl Van Meter, copyright @
1979 by C. I. Publications, Inc.
"OTRAG," by Informationsdienst Siidliches Afrika, copyright O 1978 by Infor-
mationsdienst Siidliches Afrika; translation by Heinrich Berenberg, copyright @
1979 by C. I. Publications, Inc.
"The Savimbi Letters," from Afrique-Asre, copyright @ 1914 by Afrique-Asie; re-
printed with their permission; translation of introduction by Anselme Remy,
translation of letters by Karl Van Meter, copyright @ 1979 by C. L Publications,
Inc.
'"Dress
Rehearsal," by Miles Africanus, copyright O 1979 by Covert Action Publi-
cations, Inc.; reprinted with their permission.
"In Zimbabwe 1,000 Mercenaries Fight Against African Liberation," by Malik
Reaves, copyright O 1978 by Southern Africa magazine; reprinted with their per-
mission.
"Arms for Apartheid," by Michael Klare, copyright @ 1979 by Michael Klare; re-
printed with his permission.
All other material in this book is copyright O 1979 by C. I. Publications, Inc.
Contents
Preface
MacBride
Sean ix
Overview
Introduction
Agee
Philip I
The CIA in Africa: How Central?
Intelligent?
How
s
Ren6 Lemarchand
The French Role in Africa
Meter
Karl Van 24
Brttish Intelligence in Africa
Southwood
Jonathan Bloch and Russell 36
The Lagorce Repon: The DeJinition of a New
EEC Strategt for South Africa
Pierson-Mathy
Paulette 43
The Range of Covert Intervention
Introduction
Agee
Philip 47
The CIA as an Equal Opportunity Employer
Dan Schechter, Michael Ansara,
and David Kolodney 50
The CIA and Afican Trade Unions
Barry Cohen 70
Academics: An Ovemiew
Ken Lawrence 80
CIA Recruitment for Africa:
The Case of Howard University
CovertAction Information Bulletin 86
The CIA and the Media: An Ovemiew
Cyrille Fall 95
Media Manipulation in Angola
John Stockwell
The Assassination of Eduardo Mondlane
lil
Frederic Laurent and Nina Sutton
PIDE and SDECE: Plotting in Guinea
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Ken Lawrence
Confession of a "Dog of llar"
Ren6 Backmann 120
CIA Said to Have Aided Plotters
Who Overthrew Nkrumah in Ghana
Seymour Hersh 133
Games People PIay
Jim Paul t37
How the lVest Established Idi Amin
and Kept Him There
Pat Hutton and Jonathan Bloch t45
The Confessions of a Spy
Afrique-Asie t54
Zaire, OTRAG, and Angola
The CIA and U.S. Policy in Zaire and Angola
Weissman
Stephen 157
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A Tough Little Monkey
Jack Bourderie 182
OTRAG: Missiles Against Liberation in Africa
Informationsdienst Siidliches Afnka 189
The Savimbi Letters
A"frique-Asie t94
Dress Reheanal
Miles Africanus
What Britain Did in Angola
Pat Hutton and Jonathan Bloch 210
Cabinda: A Joint Operation
Karl Yan Meter 218
Zimbabwe, Namibia,
and South Africa
In Zimbabwe 1,000 Mercenaries Fight
Against African Liberation
Malik Reaves 223
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SIGINT for Namibia
Walker
Chris 229
Arms for Apartheid: New Evidence of
Illegal U.S. Arms Sales to South Africa
Michael Klare 232
The CIA and BOSS: Thick as Thieves
Talbot
Stephen 240
South Africa Gets.Nuclear Weapons
to the West
-Thanlcs Rogers
Barbara 25O
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
The editors wish to acknowledge the in-
valuable assistance of several friends in
locating, gathering, and working up the
materials for this book, in particular
Ken Lawrence in Jackson, Mississippi,
and Andy Weir in London. We also
wish to thank Mark Richey, Yvonne
Williams and Tony Smart for their help
in the production of this book. And of
course, we thank Lyle Stuart for his un-
stinting support of our efforts to contin-
ue this series of expos6s and of our
hopes for diminishing the crimes of the
Western intelligence complex.
Our day-to-day work is accomplished
through the CovertAction Information
Bulletin. In this bimonthly magazine we
publish the research both of our group
and of other friends around the world,
aimed at exposing international med-
dling by the intelligence complex-par-
ticularly, but by no means exclusively,
the CIA. We urge interested readers to
contact us at P.O. Box 5O272, Washing-
ton, D.C. 20004.
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Preface
by Sean MacBride, ,S. C.
Before accepting the invitation to write the preface to this book' I had
some hesitations. Many different considerations were involved. Having
weighed these carefully, I decided that it was my duty to write this preface.
The sense of duty that impelled me to write this preface can be suMi-
vided under hve different headings.
First, my deep afTection for, and tremendous admiration of' the United
States and its people. I came to the conclusion that all the values that made
me admire the American people were being eroded by the covert oper-
ations of the CIA and kindred secret bodies. In the course of their history,
the American people have usually responded generously'and spontaneous-
ly to the calls of those who, throughout history, have been driven from
their own country by persecution, famine, or poverty. Millions of my own
countrymen, driven from their own shores by famine and persecution,
sought and found a new life and freedom in the United States.
The words engraved on the Statue of Liberty at the entrance to New
York harbor have a very real and dramatic meaning to many segments of
the population of the United States;
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
The world looked to the United States as the golden gate where the lamp
of liberty was shining.
[Sean MacBride is the recipient ofthe Nobel (1974) and Lenin (1977)
Peace awards, and ofthe American Medal ofJustice (197E). Hc was an
active participant in the lrish Revolution since his early youth, and
served both as Foreign Minister of Ireland and as Representativ€ of Ire-
land to the United Nations. He subsequently served as U.N. Commis-
sioner for Namibia, and is President of the International Peace Bureau,
Geneva.]