Angolan Civil War   Hello having worked on Angola for more than four decades I have over the last two years or so tried to improve articles on Angola in WP several languages I was thus delighted to see your recent work on the enWP article on the Angolan Civil War which is a period I have somewhat neglected with regard to the military side I wonder whether we can agree on the following points  The civil war in Angola ran from  to  The war for independence stopped effectively in April  although a formal peace agreement was signed in January  only What I call the decolonization conflict is the fight between the nationalist movements  allies from April  to November  independence This conflict becomes a civil war after independence Civil war can be divided in two periods until  Cuban and South African military involvement and  external support only I think this periodization is important because it permits to specify the participation of other countries  There was direct participation of Cuba and SA in the fighting in  as well as in    I have never heard of the involvement of French  Morroccan troops what are your sources   The support of the Soviet Union consisted of air transport for Cuban troops furnishing military equipment and a few advisors mostly in  less in   Zaire supported the FNLA logistics equipment and small contingents of troops mainly in  less so in  when as far as I know the FNLA ceased it military activity as early as   The US gave UNITA logistical material and diplomatic support   China gave the FNLA some unspecified support in the early s and shifted this support which then included military training in China for come cadres to UNITA after  This is uncontested  see eg John Marcums book  Algeria supported the MPLA  mainly by hosting a pivotal group of MPLA exile cadres I dont know about any further support  I dont have any sources on Libyan involvement  I am quite surprised at you mentioning the FNLC what are the sources  Gabon and Cte dIvoire I dont have sources either  Mozambique the FRELIMO regime has given fraternal moral and diplomatic support to the MPLA from the s onwards but as far as I know there was no military involvement so much the less as there was a civil war going on in Mozambique as well  Do you think you could answer to all this on this page Thank you in advance