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110. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Brzezinski ) to President Carter

efined. Sunday and Monday were June 4 and 5. The French want to discuss the idea of a Pan-African force for general purpose duty. We will avoid commitments in this area, not the least because we do not want to offend English-speaking friends such as Nigeria and Tanzania who will probably be opposed. Newsom will try to get the Monday meeting to focus more on the Shaba operation and the preparation for the economic meeting to be held on Zaire later this month. Newsom is going with guidance reflecting your desire to keep the Europeans in the lead, rely on African troops, and keep us in a backstop…

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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	1978-06-02
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/d110
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Record ID	`frus:frus1977-80v17p2/d110`

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110. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Brzezinski ) to President Carter. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1978. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1977-80v17p2/d110.