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19. Memorandum of Conversation

State for African Affairs David Newsom told the British during talks on Soviet influence and activities in Africa that there had been a significant lack of Soviet success. The Sovietsʼ best position was in Somalia, but they had failed to advance in Nigeria and Ghana while losing ground in Uganda. Newsom saw a possible new cold war in Africa between the Soviets and the Chinese. Washington , March 6–7, 1972 SUBJECT: US/ UK Talks on Africa, March 6–7, 1972, Washington, D.C.—Soviet Activities and Influence in Africa, Agenda Item 6a PARTICIPANTS: UK Mr. Charles Martin Le Quesne, Deputy Under Secret…

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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	1972-03-06
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969–1972
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve05p1/d19
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76ve05p1/d19`

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19. Memorandum of Conversation. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1972. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76ve05p1/d19.