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243. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Scowcroft ) to President Ford
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erhang the market. These constantly threaten to magnify small decreases in the rate of exchange, creating chaotic conditions such as those experienced earlier this week. [There are roughly $5.5 billion worth of sterling outstanding—held primarily by Nigeria ($1.5 billion), Saudi…
338. Memorandum of Conversation
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agnargues : In the Marshall Plan, we had a committee including the recipients. That would look less patronizing. Kissinger : Who would be invited? President Giscard : The Francophone countries in the west, Kenya, Zambia, Zaire. Kissinger : How about Nigeria? If we have just moder…
163. Editorial Note
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ter’s August 30 evening report noted that the Working Group voted unanimously to cite the United States for violations. In the report, National Security Council Staff member Leslie Denend indicated that the United States, the Soviet Union, Colombia, Nigeria, and Pakistan comprise…
127. Editorial Note
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ship idea was all about.” He commented that he had provided additional information to Humphrey’s staffer, stating that the National Security Council Staff would follow up on the proposal once President Jimmy Carter returned to Washington, D.C., from Lagos and Monrovia. He reminde…
138. Minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting
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aw , Eagleburger , Sonnenfeldt , Davis, Rogers, Habib , Hartman , Atherton , Hyland , Lord, Enders , Anderson , Vest , Buffum , Jenkins , Leigh , Springsteen , Gompert , and Bremer . Washington , March 31, 1975, 8 a.m. [Omitted here is discussion of Nigeria.] [Secretary Kissinger…
133. Memorandum From Robert Hormats and Robert Oakley of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger
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ort from Iran) would require the companies to make purchasing adjustments away from some countries and in favor of Iran. How would the US government get the companies to do this? What would be the reaction of the other countries (e.g., Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela)? How would…
79. Memorandum From Secretary of State Kissinger to President Ford
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with Congress (particularly the Black Caucus), some members of the American public, and American media; black Africa would view the agreement as a reversal of U.S. opposition to apartheid, inflaming radical African nations, and cause nations such as Nigeria and Zaire to distance…
108. Memorandum
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urage Mobutu to use his existing stocks which could be replaced less conspicuously by sea shipment. 5. Exposure of American arms aid to the FNLA through Mobutu would tend to spoil political efforts to get African leaders such as Kaunda , Nyerere and Gowon behind efforts to stop t…
117. Memorandum of Conversation
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should wait for approval. Kissinger : That is a disgrace. [Describes the State paper of objections.] See footnote 6, Document 115 . Brackets are in the original. There isn’t one African leader who doesn’t govern by physical domination, except maybe Nigeria. President: Does the pa…
137. Memorandum for the Record
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: Why would the USSR walk away now? Colby : Because all of Africa wants them out. Scowcroft : I don’t see that being worth much. Colby : I can’t contest that. Ingersoll : Eight states have already recognized the MPLA . Horan : There’s the report of Nigeria’s refusal to allow the…
144. Memorandum of Conversation
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Congress on that. Schaufele : As long as we don’t have any illusions with how it will help with the other Africans. The Secretary: No, but it will help with Congress. Has Easum come in bleeding about Angola? Schaufele : He wants us to level with the Nigerians on what the South Af…
147. Memorandum for the Record
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efed) Briefing is not attached. Scowcroft : Have the Cubans used Soviet transport? Potts : Yes. About 2,000 Cubans flew in Cuban aircraft to Conakry and then by Soviet aircraft into Angola. Colby : (Continued briefing). Scowcroft : What’s behind the Nigerian thing? Colby : South…
149. Memorandum of Conversation
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you to be happy. Minister Bula : Have you briefed him on Angola? Secretary Kissinger : He knows all. Minister Bula : Can you help us with communications? Secretary Kissinger : That I am sure we can do. Minister Bula : We are trying to counteract the Nigerians. Secretary Kissinger…
150. Memorandum of Conversation
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be necessary for you and France to make a diplomatic offensive. Kissinger : We are sending a diplomatic note to every African country—except those that are lost—about what we think about Soviet support and the MPLA . Banda : I talked to Mr. Garba of Nigeria. He said there was pre…
152. Memorandum of Conversation
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ou may know my policy, we are interested in Angola because the Soviets intervened 8,000 miles away and transformed the third largest faction into the largest. All of the surrounding African states are profoundly concerned with this development. Even Nigeria, which had to recogniz…
156. Memorandum of Conversation
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uld be too high to pay in Africa. Secretary: I don’t agree. The Zairian Foreign Minister told me the best outcome would be for the South Africans to take all of Angola and then for Zaire to get the credit for pushing them out. See Document 149 . The Nigerian Foreign Minister didn…
160. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Portugal
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hem from recognizing MPLA and (B) acquaint them with the nature of the threat. Our information indicates following have recognized MPLA so far—Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Congo, Guinea, Malagasy, Mozambique, Algeria, Sao Tome-Principe, Cape Verde, Nigeria, Benin (Dahomey), Tanz…
166. Telegram From the Embassy in Zaire to the Department of State
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ndividual states: Cameroon was shaky but visits by both Bula and me during the next few days should help. Chad was also doubtful, but Mobutu (working through Bongo ) had assured them of some military assistance as a counter to the Soviets’ help. The Nigerians, I said, were worth…
55. Address by President Ford
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ship and cooperation. Under this legislation, all members of OPEC were excluded from our generalized system of trade preferences. This, unfortunately, punished two South American friends, Ecuador and Venezuela, as well as other OPEC nations, such as Nigeria and Indonesia, none of…
31. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in the OPEC Capitals
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXXVII, Energy Crisis, 1974–1980
2. Confidential; Exdis . Drafted by George Q. Lumsden ( NEA/ARP ); cleared by Katz and in NEA, EB , ARA , and EUR ; and approved by Sisco. Sent to Abu Dhabi, Doha, Tripoli, Beirut, and Quito, and repeated to Algiers, Caracas, Jakarta, Jidda, Kuwait, Lagos, and Tehran. Washington…
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