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239. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State ( Tarnoff ) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Brzezinski )

so footnote 3, Document 173 . 3. Instructions are being sent to several African capitals to ascertain the status of OAU mediation efforts. An unknown hand underlined the phrase “ OAU mediation efforts.” In telegram 127425 to Addis Ababa, Bamako, and Lagos, May 19, the Department wrote: “Department is interested in any information addressee posts might develop on OAU subcommittee’s recent discussions concerning Western Sahara conflict. Specifically, we are interested in your host governments’ assessment of Obasanjo/Traore mission and any new flexibility on part of parties to dispute to negotiat…

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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	1979-04-28
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/d239
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Record ID	`frus:frus1977-80v17p3/d239`

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239. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State ( Tarnoff ) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Brzezinski ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1979. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1977-80v17p3/d239.