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17. Report Prepared by the Department of State Transition Team

es of reducing Soviet presence and access in the area, especially in Ethiopia, while consolidating our own access to a badly needed military facility in Somalia. The most, important (as opposed to urgent) relationship we have in Black Africa is with Nigeria. The Working Group suggests that the new Administration can find ways to keep Nigeria on board, without “. . . apologizing (Carter-fashion) for having national interests and Western leadership responsibilities.” Both the interim and final reports make a strong case for moving energetically to make U.S. aid instruments responsive to national…

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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	1980-12-22
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume I, Foundations of Foreign Policy
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1981-88v01/d17
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Record ID	`frus:frus1981-88v01/d17`

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17. Report Prepared by the Department of State Transition Team. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1980. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1981-88v01/d17.