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During the Reagan administration high ranking security officials met with UNITA leaders.

Central Intelligence Agency Director William J. Casey, National Security Advisor Richard Allen, and Secretary of State Alexander Haig, on March 6, met with UNITA leaders in Washington, D. C. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Walker met with Savimbi in March in Rabat, Morocco.

Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, his assistant for International Security Matters Francis West, Deputy Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci, Deputy Director of the CIA Bobby Inman, and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency James Williams met with Savimbi between November 1981 and January 1982.

Although the Clark Amendment forbid U. S. involvement in the civil war, Secretary Haig told Savimbi in December 1981 that the U. S. would continue to provide assistance to UNITA.