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123. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State ( Tarnoff ) and the Director of the Policy Planning Staff ( Lake ) to Secretary of State Vance

e and others increase the pressure for reform. Vance placed a vertical line in the left-hand margin next to this and the previous sentence. Next to it, he wrote “ok” and “Zaire is dangerous & difficult.” We also need to keep an eye on relations with Nigeria, where we should plan to concentrate progress and resources in order to develop closer relations with the new civilian government. In mid-August, Shehu Shagari was elected Nigeria’s first civilian President, marking the end of military rule. H. Human Rights: Chris continues to manage this issue well although we still advocate a system which…

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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	1979-08-09
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume I, Foundations of Foreign Policy
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v01/d123
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Record ID	`frus:frus1977-80v01/d123`

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123. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State ( Tarnoff ) and the Director of the Policy Planning Staff ( Lake ) to Secretary of State Vance. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1979. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1977-80v01/d123.