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60. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter

te that he was going to do so in conjunction with requesting arms. Addou replied indirectly that the arms request was without reference to a Somali withdrawal. Addou said a senior Minister and the Somali Ambassador to the U.S. had been dispatched to Lagos to request that Obasanjo urge Bongo to call an emergency OAU meeting. He was unclear as to whether this delegation was authorized to enter into talks with an Ethiopian delegation also expected in Lagos. 2. Ethiopian Intentions Toward the Somalian Frontier — Mengistu has conveyed to you his assurances that Ethiopia does not intend to cross the…

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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	1978-02-22
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XVII, Part 1, Horn of Africa
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v17p1/d60
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Record ID	`frus:frus1977-80v17p1/d60`

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60. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1978. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1977-80v17p1/d60.