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 PUBLIC LAW 100-71—JULY 11, 1987

101 STAT. 473

(6) the Soviets and Cubans have engaged in the most blatant foreign intervention in post-colonial history of Africa, and the MPLA is hostage to these foreign forces as evidenced by the fact that the MPLA had the worst anti-United States voting record > in the United Nations last year; (7) the MPLA government of Angola in 1986 obtained 90 percent of its foreign exchange from the extraction and production of oil with the assistance of American companies; r (8) most Angola's oil is extracted in Cabinda Province, where 65 percent of it is extracted by an American oil company; (9) United States business interests are in direct conflict with overall United States foreign policy and national security objectives in aiding the MPLA government; (10) the United States currently refuses to recognize the Marxist government of the MPLA; (11) representatives of the Government of Portugal's three main political parties have recently visited the liberated territory and will soon announce a commission to promote national reconciliation in Angola; ''Vc (12) the United States has an obligation to encourage peace, freedom, and democracy and to condemn tyranny where it may exist; and (13) the growing intensity of war, the mounting suffering of the Angolan people, the growing presence of communist forces in Angola, and the failure of the MPLA to respond to diplomatic initiatives gives new urgency to efforts to reach a peaceful settlement. (b) It is the sense of the Congress that the United States, so long as Soviet and Cuban military forces occupy Angola, should encourage peace and national reconciliation in Angola through a negotiated settlement to the eleven-year military conflict and stress the holding of free and fair elections as outlined in the 1975 Alvor Agreement through— (1) continued multilateral initiatives designed to support Soviet and Cuban withdrawal and a negotiated peaceful settlement acceptable to the people of Angola; and (2) consistent efforts by the President and the Secretary of State to convey to the Soviet leadership that continued military build-up and presence in Angola directly hinders future positive relationships with the American people and the United States Congress. (c) The Congress hereby requests the President to use his special authorities under the Export Administration Act to block United States business transactions which conflict with United States security interests in Angola. (d) It is further the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should— (1) review the United States policy with respect to the United States refusal to recognize the Marxist MPLA government, the o, abysmal human rights record of the MPLA government (as V, reported by the Department of State), and the worst 1985 voting record supporting United States interests in the United Nations; and (2) prepare and transmit to the Congress a report containing Reports. the findings of the review required by paragraph (1), together 1 with a determination as to whether it is in the United States

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