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199. Memorandum of Conversation

o, he would choose the latter. The Secretary : The situation in Africa is extremely dangerous largely because of Qadhafi who destabilizes regimes with money and Soviet military equipment. The U.S. is concerned about the central African countries and Nigeria. The King : Nigeria especially because Qadhafi was stopped in Chad by Nigeria. The Secretary : France will not play in the future the role it played in the past in Africa. I go on pressuring them but they are not reliable. Fate may intervene. I get reports that President Mitterrand is gravely ill. The King : I found his complexion very sall…

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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	1982-02-11
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume XXIV, North Africa
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1981-88v24/d199
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199. Memorandum of Conversation. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1982. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1981-88v24/d199.