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This extract from an editorial in The Times, which followed the capture of a Soviet warrant officer by invading South African forces in southern Angola in September 1981, sums up well the attitude in many western quarters, including most governments, towards Soviet involvement in the continent, particularly Southern Africa. It was widely assumed that the victory of the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola led by Agostinho Neto, achieved with substantial Soviet and Cuban aid, would lead to the use of Angola as a springboard for communist intervention in Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa. Those who supported this premise believed that Moscow's leaders wished to be in a position to control the sea-lanes off the South African coast, and that

Since the MPLA victory in Angola in 1975-76 Angola has often been branded as a Soviet-dominated client state. The author looks at the development of bilateral relations between Angola and the USSR in order to obtain a clearer idea of the nature of their political, economic and military ties. General Soviet-Angolan policies and the Soviet involvement in the Angolan War are examined in detail with the author concluding that, while the Angola leadership has maintained close political and military relations with Moscow, they have at the same time developed economic links with the West. (DÜI-Etr)

Außenpolitische Strategien der Sowjetunion gegenüber dem südlichen Afrika aus afrikanischer Sicht. Verhaltensweisen in Angola, Mosambik und Simbabwe den ehemaligen Befreiungsbewegungen, jetzigen Regierungen und Oppositionsbewegungen gegenüber. Einflüsse auf Namibia und Südafrika über die SWAPO und den ANC. Drei Schwerpunkte: Unterstützung von Befreiungsbewegungen sozialistischer Orientierung; Opposition gegenüber Chinas Rolle; Reduzierung des westlichen Einflusses. Ausblick: weitgehend 'business as usual'. (Hlb)

Interview with Keith Somerville, BBC journalist, conducted at Senate House on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 as part of the Commonwealth Oral History Project. The project aims to produce a unique digital research resource on the oral history of the Commonwealth since 1965 through sixty oral history interviews with leading figures in the recent history of the organisation. It will provide an essential research tool for anyone investigating the history of the Commonwealth and will serve to promote interest in and understanding of the organisation. Biography: Somerville, Keith. British Broadcasting Company News, journalist 1980-2008; British Broadcasting Company World Service, journalist, 1985-2008; Legal Online (online course), 2005-2006; Executive Producer, Sources, Scoops, and Stories (course), 1991-1998; co-author and role-play developer, 2004. University of Kent, Special Associate Lecturer for Autumn Term, 2012-2012.