U.S. envoy has Angolan talks

Press, 24 June 1978, Page 8

U.S. envoy has Angolan talks

NZPA-Reuter Washington [ I A new phase in America’s ' African policy began on ; Thursday when a senior 'United States diplomat held [talks,in Angola. The official, Deputy Am- ' ! bassador to the United ' [Nations (Mr Donal McHenry), arrived in the Angolan . capital of Luanda in an! effort to help settle two; conflicts along Angola’s borders. Mr McHenry, a black • career diplomat, has played ; ‘ a key role in shaping Ameri- ' can policy affecting the area 1 •since the Carter Administration took office, most no- 1 tably as the United States [member ’ of a five-nation 1 Western group trying toil settle with South Africa the;s future of Namibia (SouthWest Africa). Angola achieved indepen- ' dence from Portugal in No- i [vember, 1975, when America ( (relations with the country t [were formally ended. Mr f

McHenry had talks in Luanda last year. Those talks were limited ’ to the search for a formula for independence in Namibia, Angola’s southern neighbour,; which has been administered! by South Africa since World War One. The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, (Mr Donald Easum), also visited! the Angolgn capital in February for talks on Namibia. ; Mr McHenry’s two-day| stay in the Angolan capital i will deal not only.with Na-; mibia, but also with Angola’s giant neighbour to the north. Zaire. Rebels based in Angola have invaded southern Zaire twice in little more than a year. Angola has charged that it too has been attacked — by Western-backed nationalists; who were defeated with Cuban help in the civil war ! that followed Angola’s inde- ‘ pendence.