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237. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State

t to exert pressure on Hassan in the direction of a plebiscite or other action designed to give the Saharans a voice in their future. (One would like to find similar means to support self-determination across the board, say for the Armenians and the Biafrans, but the principle is easier to apply some places than it is others. That need not detract from its validity, but it makes for cynical reactions when we do not apply it universally.) 8. The second observation is that we should be in no doubt that in the unlikely event of a free vote in the Sahara, the Saharans would opt for independence. T…

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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	1979-01-04
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/d237
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Record ID	`frus:frus1977-80v17p3/d237`

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237. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1979. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1977-80v17p3/d237.