Thatcher impact in Africa
The Rt Hon member for Finchley, Margaret Thatcher
(49), appears to be having some success in her campaign to reduce the
interventionist supplies from the Eastern Bloc to FAPLA and MPLA forces in
Angola.
Your correspondent in Luanda, Dominic Brian
Trilby (34), has heard that both the Bulgarians and Chinese diverted freighters
away from the country in September.
This has been supported by Mr Trilby observing that while
the Bulgarian and Chinese representatives at last night's ambassadorial
gathering in Luanda greeted each other warmly, ice formed on their host's upper
lips.
It is rumoured that the words "fine words butter no
parsnips" were spoken in Portuguese, although the literal translation into
Bulgarian may have presented some difficulties.
The presence of a plentiful supply of Angolan telegram forms in the
bags of those concerned would certainly have been deemed a sensible precaution
against unnecessary pain.
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