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83. Memorandum of Conversation

ambitions beyond its own border, but was determined to have the Somalis withdrawn from the Ogaden. Mengistu also indicated that any initiative at the present time would have to come through the OAU , and that emissaries had been sent to see Garba in Lagos. Joseph Garba, Nigerian Commissioner for External Affairs. The Secretary reported that Mengistu had agreed to receive an Ambassador from the U.S. The supply of non-lethal equipment was also discussed. On the whole, the conversations had been successful in keeping the channels of communication open. The Secretary reported that the Somalis had …