High on the list of Henry Kissinger's geopolitical worries this year has been the continued presence of Cuban troops in Angola. To the Secretary of State, this Soviet-backed force of more than 13,000 well-armed soldiers has been a threat to the stability of southern Africa and a proxy of Moscow, through which the Soviets could extend their influence across the continent. Last week, in the midst of an unusually relaxed and relatively uneventful nine-day diplomatic odyssey through Europe, Kissinger unexpectedly learned that Dictator Fidel Castro's African adventurism might be a fading worry. In Stockholm, he heard from Swedish Premier Olof...
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