In the north, the FNLA still remain in control, backed by a major build-up of troops and heavy arms from Laire. Mobutu (President of Zaire) is attempting to plead with the FNLA to change its policy on the oil-rich enclave of Cabinda, arguing for its separation from Angola. Though MPLA have a large base there, this policy would set the scene for a military invasion by Zaire, on the pretext that it was defending the so-called declaration of independence by the FLEC (Front for the Liberation of the Cabinda Enclave). This possibility becomes increasingly more likely as Mobutu attempts to extricate himself from political and economic proDicIns or nis own However, in spite of these successes, significant dangers exist to the revolution from north and south. The danger that Mobutu might decide to put 'teeth and backbone' into a FNLA counter-offensive canSUPPORT STRUGGLE OR The picket of Rhodesia House on 8 August. INSET: Didymus Mutasa, whose brother is one of those currently held
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