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137. Memorandum for the Record

: Why would the USSR walk away now? Colby : Because all of Africa wants them out. Scowcroft : I don’t see that being worth much. Colby : I can’t contest that. Ingersoll : Eight states have already recognized the MPLA . Horan : There’s the report of Nigeria’s refusal to allow the Soviet Union landing rights. Nyerere would want to know what was going on; Amin has broken with the USSR —so it is not all hopeless. Scowcroft : That’s right. State should push, but that should not be the only string in the bow. Ingersoll : We should go ahead with the [ dollar amount not declassified ] Colby : On page …

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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	1975-11-14
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXVIII, Southern Africa
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v28/d137
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76v28/d137`

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137. Memorandum for the Record. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1975. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76v28/d137.