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http://www.africasia.com/archive/ab/01_05/cover1.htm MAY 2001 ANGOLAGATE COVER STORY The Angolagate scandal The web of i ntrigue that has become known as Angolagate stretches from Africa, across Europe to the United states. Some very high profile names, such as Pierre Falcone, Marc Rich, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand and Jaques Attali have already been snared; others like Bill and Hillary Clinton are struggling to break free. Francois Misser recounts the incredible story. Over the past few months, the French media has been smacking its lips over juicy revelations from what has b een dubbed The Ang olagate scandal - a series of complicated oil for arms deals. It is easy to understand the media interest. The cast of characters being sucked into t he scandal is impressive enough - former US President Bill Clinton, his wife Hillary - now a New York senator, Mark Rich - on the wanted list in America before being pardoned by Bill Clinton, Francois Mitterrand’s son, Jean-Christophe -currently out bail, Angolan President Dos Santos, and the principal actor, the flamboyant Pierre Falcone currently serving a prison sentence in France. The story begins in 1992 in Angola. A fragile cease-fire had led to presidential elections, duly won by Dos Santos. The defeated candidate, Unita leader Jonas Savimbi had cried foul. He tore up the 1991 Bicesse peace agreement and war resumed. The resumption of the war came at a critical moment for the r uling Movement for the People’s Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which had operated as a single party since independence in 1975. The economy was in a downturn, the military morale was low and the government armoury was largely depleted. On top of that, most of the Cuban soldiers who had fought alongside the MPLA troops had left the country in t he wake of the Bicesse Peace Agreement. The major headache for Luanda was that t he Bicesse Peace Accord included a
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