From November 1979 through April 1980 China sent UNITA several hundred tons of weapons and military equipment via South Africa. And South Africa turned over to Savimbis forces large quantities of Soviet arms captured in raids on SWAPO camps in southwestern Angola. Meanwhile. as Sovietstyle totalitarian oppression in the rest of Angola hit full stride. refugees and recruits for FALA (Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola. the army of UNITA) began pouring into what UNITA calls "Free Angola." then limited to a stronghold in southern Cuando Cubango province. By 1981. Savimbi was strong enough to assume the offensive against the MPLA.
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