“East Germany: Marxist Mission in Africa” dated January 2, 1981, by The Heritage Foundation at https://www.heritage.org/africa/report/east-germany-marxist-mission-africa. Attached is a copy of it and below are a few excerpts. Notice the flag!!!!
“In support of the “Struggle against Colonialism, Racism, and Apartheid,” for example, the GDR has, under UN auspices, established its own anti-apartheid commission. Created in march of 1978, this forum has been used as an organizational focus around which East Germany’s various anti-apartheid actions, on the home front, have been directed. According to one Western source, these various “Solidarity Campaigns” carried out on the home front have netted approximately $150 million. Most of that went to the various guerillas groups, such as the African National Congress and the South-West Africa People’s Organization (the two groups which are carrying out insurrections against the South African and the Namibian authorities, respectively).
Throughout the Third World, but particularly so in Africa, the GDR is engaged in the of educating thousands of “cadres” “in the techniques of managing centrally directed economic and political institutions and by inculcating Soviet-style Socialist doctrine in the process, the GDR is seeking to build what may be called a Marxist-Leninist infrastructure in a number of closely allied Third World states (such as Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Angola).” An integral part of the educational process is the use of trade union delegations, women’s organizations, and youth groups throughout the developing world in the service of Marxist education.
Throughout the Near East and in Africa, East German military and security cadres (estimate run between 5,000-10,000) are actively involved in the establishment of intelligence services, in the training of guerrilla commandos, and in the organization of national military systems.
A more critical problem which faces the GDR, as it does the Soviet Union, is the tricky questions posed by the Third World demand for a “New International Economic Order.”
In some instances, however, it is asserted that Third World countries seem incapable of distinguishing “between socialism and imperialism and as a result end up making unjustified demands on the socialist states.”
There has also been a reverse flow of African government and guerilla leaders who have travelled to the GDR in growing numbers as of late. That list prominently includes Samora Machel of Mozambique, the late Agostinho Neto of Angola, and Mengistu Haile Mariam of Ethiopia. Together with Congo Brazzaville (plus South Yemen), these are the countries which have enjoyed the vast bulk of the East Germany’s attention over the past few years. And the GDR has also been an important place to visit for the two most prominent figures of the African guerrilla movement today: Sam Nujoma of SWAPO, and Oliver Tambo of the African National Congress (ANC). Until it achieved independence in 1980, East Germany was also a major point of destination for Joshua Nkomo, co-leader of the Patriotic Front – and Moscow’s candidate to take power in that country.
Honecker subsequently announced that East Germany would donate about $2 million worth of “Solidarity Goods” to support the armed insurrection in Rhodesia.
In November 1979, Honecker journeyed to Ethiopia were he signed another Friendship Treaty with the Marxist regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam. The high point of his visit to Addis Ababa, however, was the dedication of the first Karl Marx monument on the African continent.
During his February (1977) trip, Lamberz attended the Third Frelimo Congress in Maputo (the capital of Mozambique). During his time there he met with both Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, as well as with Oliver Tambo and Sam Nujoma.
The GDR has consistently maintained that it is a bastion of order in Eastern Europe and a militant advocate of a “socialist peace policy” throughout the world.
Nevertheless, (Samora) Machel is a strong supporter of the outlawed African National Congress. During his visit to East Berlin, Machel asserted that his country would prevail in any military confrontation with Pretoria because “our state is a socialist state, and because proletarian internationalism is an integral part of our Marxist-Leninist worldview.”(Keep in mind, Graca Machel was his wife and she is involved in many organisations around the world.)
It discusses Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Saharan Africa, Iraq, Libya, South Yemen, Palestine Liberation Organization, West Germany, Cuba and the rest of the Third World.