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107. Telegram From the Department of State to the Consulate in Cape Town and the Mission to the United Nations

He noted that the letter gave particular attention to the issue of UNTAG composition, although he said that he personally believed that South Africa could accept any composition package proposed by the Secretary General as long as it did not include Nigeria or one of the Front Line States. Sole explained the emphasis on the composition issue as indicative of South Africa’s view that it had been tricked and deceived throughout the recent negotiations and that its views had been completely ignored. The key issue, Sole pointed out, was the lack of confidence in the UN’s objectivity which the rece…

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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	1979-03-05
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XVI, Southern Africa
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v16/d107
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Record ID	`frus:frus1977-80v16/d107`

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107. Telegram From the Department of State to the Consulate in Cape Town and the Mission to the United Nations. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1979. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1977-80v16/d107.