Item COLD WAR 26/8 - Transcript of interview with mercenary soldier Dave Tomkins, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with Dave Tomkins, British mercenary, National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), 1975-1976, relating to the Angolan civil war, 1961-1976; Tomkins' arrival in Kinshasa, Zaire, and the issue of combat clothing, equipment and weaponry by the FNLA, [1975]; the poor standards of FNLA training, leadership, equipment, weaponry and supply, [1975]; FNLA operations in Angola, 1975-1976; the Cuban support for the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), 1975-1976; war crimes committed by the FNLA in Angola, 1975-1976; the use of torture, particularly by foreign mercenaries, on Angolan civilians to extract information for the FNLA, 1975-1976; the character and leadership of FNLA mercenary Costas Georgiou, known as 'Colonel Callan', Angola, 1975-1976; Tomkins' assumption that mercenary forces were paid for by funds provided by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 1975-1976. 31pp