sentative of the Soviet Union, for the diplomatic skill and manifest ability with which he guided the work of the Council in August. 102. Once again, South Africa, by its aggressive and criminal policy, has obliged the members of the Council to convene, even though barely three months ago we saw with what indignation the international community responded to the cowardly and unsuccessful act of aggres- sion carried out against Malongo, in Cabinda. 103.. On this occasion, using unjustifiable pretexts and’ invoking the dangerous doctrine of preemptive strikes which is fraught with such grave consequences for interna- tional peace and security, the racist armed forces crossed the sovereign frontiers of the People’s Republic of Angola and pressed on 250 kilometres inside Angolan territory in order to carry out indescribable acts of brutality and their brand of State terrorism. 104. We listened to the explanation of the representative of the racist regime of Pretoria, who, this morning yet again, gave us an example of the unbelievable defiance and contempt with which the apartheid regime treats this lofty body. In a cynical manner, he lied as to the true motives behind this act of aggression, which was designed, first, to check the offensive of the forces of FAPLA (People’s Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola) against the ban- dits of UNITA in the south of Angola, where they have suffered heavy casualties in the last few months, and secondly, to divert the attention of the international com- munity from the current situation in South Africa and the brutal and cowardly manner with ‘which the racist forces have killed hundreds of black citizens and gaoled and tor- tured thousands of people merely because of their opposi- tion to the apartheid regime. Yet the ,representative of 
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