James Burnham

On November 26 the New York Times published its lead editorial under the title “Angola Intervention.” I quote excerpts: “Soviet imperialism has re-entered the African continent in crude force, this time in the former Portuguese colony of Angola. . . . The massive flow of-Soviet armaments, including heavy weapons and aircraft, grossly escalated the level of fighting in Angola earlier this year. Combat continues, and so does an air and sealift of supplies. Since October the MPLA has been reinforced by a 3,000-man force of Cuban personnel.

“There was a time when the U.S. would have responded to such a massive and menacing intervention with its own show of force, but that is something that the American people would never countenance now.”

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

On November 26 the New York Times published its lead editorial under the title “Angola Intervention.” I quote excerpts: “Soviet imperialism has re-entered the African continent in crude force, this time in the former Portuguese colony of Angola. . . . The massive flow of-Soviet armaments, including heavy weapons and aircraft, grossly escalated the level of fighting in Angola earlier this year. Combat continues, and so does an air and sealift of supplies. Since October the MPLA has been reinforced by a 3,000-man force of Cuban personnel.

“There was a time when the U.S. would have responded to such a massive and menacing intervention with its own show of force, but that is something that the American people would never countenance now.”