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304. Letter From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the Ambassador to Ethiopia ( Korry )

id than Ethiopia is ridiculous. For the last three years, it’s gotten more dollar aid than Nasser has. If Ethiopia needed more food, we could provide it (as we do to the UAR ). In fact, I believe I’m right in saying that no other African country but Nigeria gets as much solid US dollar aid as Ethiopia. (Tunisia technically gets more, but our three-year $180 million dollar commitment has ended up about $80 million short—moreover, a high proportion of it is surplus food.) So I find the Ethiopian doctrine that they can shake us down for more a thoroughly pernicious one and delight in you stamping…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1965-04-26
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XXIV, Africa
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v24/d304
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Record ID	`frus:frus1964-68v24/d304`

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304. Letter From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the Ambassador to Ethiopia ( Korry ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1965. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1964-68v24/d304.