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

ardoned but never accepted as negotiators. 8. The OAU referendum element of problem is notable by its absence in King’s presentation. It is not at all clear whether Hassan judges that Libya’s activities in Chad have so alarmed key OAU states such as Nigeria that the pressure for implementing the “Wisemen” In telegram 6384 from Rabat, September 12, 1980, the Embassy reported that an ad hoc, six-member “Wisemen” meeting on Western Sahara in Freetown proposed a “six-point recommendation for a peaceful resolution of the Western Sahara conflict,” which included “a ‘just and general’ referendum” org…