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15. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Scowcroft ) to Secretary of State Kissinger

the draft of a memorandum to you from Assistant Secretary Newsom recommending a change in present U.S. policy of not furnishing Sidewinders to African countries. Basically he recommends exceptions in case of cash sales. (The possibility of sales to Nigeria of F–5Es with sidewinders is pending.) We understand the memorandum is to be tabled at your noon meeting at State Monday, January 7th. There are implications for such a decision in the decision you are presenting to the President concerning Hawk ground-to-air missiles for Portugal’s African Territories, which, of course, are not reflected in…

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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	1974-01-05
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–6, Documents on Africa, 1973–1976
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve06/d15
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76ve06/d15`

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15. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Scowcroft ) to Secretary of State Kissinger. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1974. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76ve06/d15.