The Russians had to go along as under no circumstances did they want to endanger relations with their most important outpost in close proximity to the US, but tried to keep a lid on the extent of the Cuban giant military presence in Angola. It was only after two months that Moscow agreed to arrange for a maximum of 10 transport flights from Cuba to Angola. Of course the US assumed that the USSR was behind the Cuban interference. Only years later it became clear to them, that the Cubans acted on their own behalf as admitted by Ronald Reagan that "The excessive illegal Cuban military operations in Angola was a Fidel Castro project that Moscow was hesitant to support".Frank Wisner Jr., Ambassador, US-Foreign Ministry, in "Une Odyssee Africaine" (France, 2006, 59mn) directed by: Jihan El Tahri Due to the hostility between the US and Cuba, the Americans regarded such an air by the Cubans could not be accepted.Hermann Cohen, National Security Council, USA, in Une Odyssee Africaine (France, 2006, 59 mn) directed by: Jihan El Tahri
