at the Corporation for National Research Initiatives ( CNRI ) , which continues to develop and manage it .
The project was expected to cost £19.1 million , with £16 million coming from Britain 's richest man , the steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal , Chairman of the ArcelorMittal steel company , and the balance of £3.1 million coming from the London Development Agencyorganization.organization_board_membership
For 13 years until 1974 , three armed groups fought for Angola 's independence from Portugal : the Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( MPLA ) ( with its armed wing FAPLA ) , led by Agostinho Neto ; the conservative National Liberation Front of Angola ( FNLA ) , led by Holden Roberto and supported by Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaïre ; and UNITA , led by Jonas Savimbi ( a former Maoist who broke away from the National Liberation Front of Angola ( FNLA ) , later sponsored by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agencyorganization.organization_board_membershipSouth Africa ) .
Operation IA Feature , a covert Central Intelligence Agencyorganization.organization_board_membership, authorized U.S. government support for Jonas Savimbi 's UNITA and Holden Roberto 's National Liberation Front of Angola ( FNLA ) militants in Angola .