[unclear: Doing] the Third World

[unclear: With] the rise of the strategic power of the [unclear: d] world, the major powers have practically [unclear: n] falling over themselves to court various [unclear: nencial] third world nations and secure [unclear: eres] of influence among groups of [unclear: ntries]. In recent years it has been the [unclear: iet] Union which has made the greatest [unclear: mpt] to curry favour with the third world.

[unclear: opting] the duel policy of diplomatic [unclear: roach], plus military aggression and [unclear: version] it is now a matter of "the sun [unclear: er] setting on a Soviet army batallion."

[unclear: With] the contention between the Soviet [unclear: ion] and the United States reaching new [unclear: ghts] in the last two years, the former has [unclear: reasingly] employed the use of proxies in its [unclear: bal] expansion. The two major trojan [unclear: ses] of Soviet foreign policy today are [unclear: ba] and Vietnam.

[unclear: Since] the Angolan War in 1974, Cuba, at behest of the Soviets, has stationed large [unclear: mbers] of troops in Africa and employed [unclear: m] in fighting; not against "colonialists and [unclear: perialists]", but Africans, including [unclear: eation] movements. In Eritrea, small [unclear: ntry] on the Red Sea, Cuban troops with [unclear: viet] military advisor, have been used to [unclear: empt] to crush a 17 year old war that has [unclear: en] waged by the Eritrean Peoples [unclear: eration] Army.

[unclear: Until]1974, Cuba had held up the Eritrean [unclear: uggle] as a great blow for world revolution Yet since then it has been sending in thousands of light and armoured divisions helped by Soviet helicopter and bomber squadrons to wipe out the EPLF. Such is the "proletarian internationalism" of Cuba.