Rebel Hits Gulf Role in Angola
Angolan resistance leader Jonas Savimbi criticized the Chevron Corp.’s Gulf Oil subsidiary today for doing business with Angola’s Marxist government and said his forces may sabotage the firm’s oil field facilities.
“It is a target,” Savimbi told a news conference, adding that his anti-communist rebel movement is looking for the appropriate time to strike. He said Americans working in the area will not be harmed.
“Gulf is helping the war continue,” Savimbi said. “We think this is wrong.”
He said the revenues Gulf pays to Angolan authorities are used to pay Cuban troops, which he said number 45,000, about 10,000 more than U.S. officials have estimated.
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