35. Memorandum From Jerry Funk of the National Security Council Staff to [name and title not declassified]1

SUBJECT

  • Oral Message for Savimbi (U)

In accordance with instructions from Dr. Brzezinski,2 you are requested [less than 1 line not declassified] to relay an oral message, from Dr. Brzezinski for Dr. Savimbi, to the appropriate UNITA contact. (S)

The substance of the message should be simply that Dr. Brzezinski has received and personally reviewed Dr. Savimbi’s letter of January 13, 1979,3 and that the views expressed are not being ignored. (S)

Jerry Funk
  1. Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 2, Angola: 1979–1980. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only.
  2. In a May 1 memorandum to Brzezinski, Funk recommended sending Savimbi an oral message notifying him that his views were not being ignored. Brzezinski approved the recommendation. (Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 4, Angola: 1–12/79)
  3. In his January 13 letter to Brzezinski, Savimbi cautioned that U.S. recognition of the MPLA would encourage Soviet/Cuban expansionism. He emphasized UNITA’s ability to survive Cuban pressure and noted that UNITA’s ideals were in concert with the United States and the free world. (Ibid.)