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73. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter

, particularly in the Shaba, has put a halt to any sustained military reaction by the Zairians. Carter initialed “C” in the left margin. Mobutu is currently trying some quiet diplomacy with the Soviets, Cubans and selected African countries (such as Nigeria and Tanzania), rather than engaging at this stage in a public confrontation with Moscow and Havana. He has also transmitted an oral request to you for military aid which would probably involve our helping to supply munitions and parachutes as well as spare parts for his C–130s , and overhaul of his jet trainers. In telegram 2075 from Kinsha…

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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	1977-03-10
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XVII, Part 2, Sub-Saharan Africa
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v17p2/d73
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Record ID	`frus:frus1977-80v17p2/d73`

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73. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1977-80v17p2/d73.