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464. Memorandum of Conversation

a—Ethiopia, for instance. The Secretary: There are a lot of anomolies even for us. In Ethiopia we give military aid. For all I know they may be anti-American. Thompson: The situation is disorganized. Another country that is not easy to understand is Nigeria. (The Secretary was called out of the room for a phone call. The conversation continued on his return.) The Secretary: Let’s talk about destabilization . . . but first about Africa. We have to get at the problems of Southern Africa and support development in the rest of the continent. We simply cannot accept organized military intervention …