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80. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ( Schaufele ) and the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research ( Saunders ) to Secretary of State Vance

oviet and the Cubans (who helped train the Katangans during the past two years) acquiesced in the Zaire invasion. The Angolans are presumably providing at least logistical support from their side of the border. Angolan President Neto has admitted to Nigerian Foreign Affairs Commissioner Garba that the Gendarmes were under his “tutelage.” In telegram 3698 from Lagos, April 1, the Embassy reported on Garba ’s mission to Zaire and Angola and Neto ’s admission that Katangese gendarmes were “under his tutelage.” (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770113–0865) The Invader’s Obj…

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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	1977-04-03
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/d80
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Record ID	`frus:frus1977-80v17p2/d80`

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80. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ( Schaufele ) and the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research ( Saunders ) to Secretary of State Vance. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1977-80v17p2/d80.