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354. Intelligence Note

lations with Somalia, at last moved to help Egal with much-needed concessions. Why the Change? Ethiopian action on the detente has often bogged down in acrid dispute between moderates and hardliners. Emperor Haile Selassie, preoccupied by the war in Nigeria, had evidently given little consideration to meeting Egal halfway. Detailed proposals for concessions were, however, submitted to him by Chief of Staff Gen. Iyassu Mengesha on August 14. The US weighed in strongly in favor of a forthcoming response. Shortly afterwards, the Emperor invited Egal to visit Addis Ababa. Changing Signals . Hawkis…

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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	1968-09-06
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/d354
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354. Intelligence Note. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1968. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1964-68v24/d354.