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248. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ( Newsom ) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ( Johnson )

s in full control and has promised to honor the international obligations of its predecessor. Moreover, since the OAU Ministerial Meeting, a growing number of African states, including Congo (K), Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, have indicated through remarks or actions—although generally not through formal statements of recognition—that they intend to do business with the Amin Government. We have a number of matters to carry forward in Kampala. We believe that further delay in normalizing relations is not only unnecessary, but will be resented by…

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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	1971-03-13
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/d248
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248. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ( Newsom ) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ( Johnson ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1971. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76ve05p1/d248.