angolaa move towards independence from portugal, the cia, along withh the apartheid govovernment of south afafricad to bring down the new angolanan governmn. at the request of the angolan president, fidel and 36,000 troops to keep the south african forces froattackining rwanda, the capital. for many cubans, whose ancestors were african slaves, thehe fight inin angola was a way to repaira debt to history. in 14 years of war, over 30000,0 cubabans, doctors, teacherers ad engineers asas well asoldiers, played an imimportant role in angola will stop more thahan 200 lost their liveses. in 1988, fididel sent in more cuban troops for the e decisive battle and dirirected operatiois from cuba. the defeat of the south african army drove a large nail into the coffin of apartheheid and helped advavance the struggle of the south african people. amy: that is a clip from the 2001 documentary "fidel: the untold story," directed by estela bravo. now let's go to the film "cia and angolan revolution." in this clip, former secretary of state henry kissinger explains why the u.s. was concerned about the cuban troops t