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236. Telegram From Secretary of State Vance to the Department of State and the White House

ated that Richard Luce would tonight leave for Lusaka and Namibia. Someone would be sent as an FCO representative to spend virtually all his time in Salisbury as a source of information and point of contact. Emissary would be sent to try to convince Nigerians and Front Line Presidents that it was worth trying to negotiate with the Bishop. He hoped David Harlech would be persuaded to take this on. This mission would also be likely to include touching base with Nkomo and Mugabe . Secretary said Harlech would be excellent. 16. Mrs. Thatcher interposed the emphasis that some forward movement was e…

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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	1979-05-23
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/d236
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Record ID	`frus:frus1977-80v16/d236`

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236. Telegram From Secretary of State Vance to the Department of State and the White House. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1979. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1977-80v16/d236.