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246. Letter From Representative Stephen Solarz to President Carter

ces for our relations with a number of important African and Third World countries. At its Monrovia summit this July, the Organization of African Unity voted overwhelmingly to approve the recommendations of five African Presidents (Nimeiri of Sudan, Obasanjo of Nigeria, Traoré of Mali, Touré of Guinea and Nyerere of Tanzania) for a cease fire and internationally supervised referendum in order to achieve self-determination in the Western Sahara. See footnote 4, Document 45 . This represented a clear evolution in the OAU ’s position on the conflict, and I was particularly impressed by OAU Chairm…