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2. Memorandum From Henry J. Richardson of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Brzezinski )

the freight. It would seem to be in Neto ’s interest to move toward us somewhat to give himself additional options, to open another channel to Mobutu , and to lay the basis for requesting badly needed US aid and ultimately technical assistance. The Nigerians, by virtue of the time and effort spent in their Angola-Zaire mediating effort, and the Zambians would seem to have immediate interests in maintaining Neto ’s stability, i.e., in urging him to take positive action on the Cabinda and UNITA situations, and in shoring up the Angolan economy. Introduction There appears to be some dissent withi…