Talks on U.S. arms for Zaire
NZPA-Reuter Kinshasa The United States Defence. Secretary (Mr Donald Rumsfeld) ha- arrived in Kinshasa to discuss with President Mobutu Sese Seko the possible sale of United: States tanks and artillery Jo I Zaire, amid Zairean concern over the large number of Soviet weapons in Angola. Soviet tanks and armoured personnel carriers were sup--8 lied to help the Popular fovement for the Liberation of Angola and a 13.000-man Cuban expeditionary force win the civil war against two pro-Western Angolan movements. The sources said Zaire wanted the United States to sell H. tanks and artillery to strengthen its ground force because of the huge Angolan armoury . Zaire’s defence requirements would be discussed in detail during the two-day talks with President Mobutu and other senior Zaire officials. Western publications on Zaire say that it has no tanks at present.
film set mishap The British actress. Andee Cromarty, was knocked unconscious by a ‘flying pterodactyl" while filming "At the Earth's Core." at Pinewood Studios, near London.—London
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