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54. Memorandum From Secretary of State Muskie to President Carter

m we recently sent you on this subject, you suggested we go to the UN and build a public case. See footnote 1, Document 53 . While we do not rule this out in the future, we should proceed with some caution since the African states, and in particular Nigeria, are sensitive to non-African initiatives in the Chadian conflict. Carter wrote in the left-hand margin: “Continue to push every feasible avenue—through African states may be best—to publicize Libya’s adventurism.” Furthermore, discussions at the UN could include Egypt’s support for the anti-Libyan rebel elements opposed to the currently re…

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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	1980-11-25
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume XVII, Part 3, North Africa
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v17p3/d54
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Record ID	`frus:frus1977-80v17p3/d54`

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54. Memorandum From Secretary of State Muskie to President Carter. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1980. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1977-80v17p3/d54.