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36. Memorandum From Robert Hormats and Robert Oakley of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger
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r basic political relationship in the minds of leaders like the Shah and King Faisal, we suggest that the United States: —Begin right away a series of bilateral talks at high levels with key producer governments (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Kuwait, Nigeria and Venezuela) in orde…
40. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
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d in Project Independence. If adopted, the objective of such a policy would be to reduce acquisition of U.S. petroleum imports from the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean to an absolute minimum and to maximize imports from Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Venezuela. Key Co…
52. Airgram From the Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (Akins) to the Department of State
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e losers would clearly be the Saudis. To some, the dispossession of six million Saudis would be regrettable, but—it would be argued—a small price to pay for world happiness. The 200 million living in other OPEC countries: Indonesia, Iran, Venezuela, Nigeria, Algeria, would of cou…
56. Memorandum of Conversation
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ts in production. Kissinger : Another way to do this would be to force the moderates to absorb the cuts. They are already screaming about reduced production. The Shah would play along. The Algerians would too. I know the Moslems but I don’t know the Nigerians and other producers.…
65. Memorandum of Conversation
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answer. Formally, we refuse to permit any linkage between energy and the Middle East political situation. But we must keep in mind that war in the Middle East is a possibility. So we have to be very careful of those who did not join the embargo. Of Nigeria, Iran, those who probab…
79. Telegram From the Embassy in Saudi Arabia to the Department of State
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onal Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D750299–0620. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis . Repeated to Abu Dhabi, Algiers, Bern, Bonn, Brussels for the Embassy, USEC , and USNATO, Cairo, Caracas, Copenhagen, Doha, The Hague, Jakarta, Kuwait, Lagos, Libreville, London, Rom…
82. Telegram From the Department of State to Selected Diplomatic Posts
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85. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
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to Bern, Stockholm, The Hague, Madrid, Copenhagen, Oslo, London, Dublin, Wellington, USUN, Tokyo, Ottawa, Caracas, Brasilia, Vienna, Luxembourg, Brussels for the Embassy and USEC , Bonn, Rome, Ankara, Tehran, Jidda, New Delhi, Kinshasa, Libreville, Lagos, Tripoli, Kuwait, Abu Dha…
106. Action Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs ( Buffum ), the Legal Adviser ( Leigh ), and the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental a
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need not go to D. He has signed letter to Fletcher .” Attached but not published at Tab A is an undated memorandum from Sisco to Fletcher , urging NASA to cooperate in the proposed mission. Attached but not published at Tab B is a list citing Zaire, Nigeria, Kenya, Sudan, Egypt,…
24. Telegram 14449 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Zaire
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e senior staff of the National Security Council and Peace Corps Deputy Associate Director for Overseas Operations. The latter position involved responsibilities for programs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and took him to urban and rural areas of Nigeria, Ghana, the Ivory Coas…
26. Telegram 300 From the Embassy in Somalia to the Department of State
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n as well as personal injustice to Davis of OAU statement, Onu said that this had not been case. He said that among charges made during OAU discussion of Davis nomination was allegation that USG had requested agreement for Davis both at Kinshasa and Lagos and that both capitals h…
27. Minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting
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will you get Elliot Richardson in town? MR. INGERSOLL : He can’t get here that fast. (Laughter.) MR. DAVIS : I think the second question was: Why, instead of Ed Mulcahy ? SECRETARY KISSINGER : What? MR. DAVIS : Why. MR. INGERSOLL : It was made by a Nigerian who knew he was just b…
29. Action Memorandum From Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ( Mulcahy ) and Director of Policy Planning ( Lord ) to Secretary of State Kissinger
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he EC), or on an individual basis. US Interests US specific interests in Sub-Saharan Africa are modest and will remain so when compared to our interests elsewhere in the world. But we do have significant interests in a few African countries, notably Nigeria and South Africa, and…
30. Memorandum of Conversation
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t about Africa. I have about Europe and Asia. Very frankly, I don’t know what to say—what policy statement will serve all the various African countries. There are such vast differences as to a particular country, or, say individual countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, I ca…
129. Briefing Memorandum from the Director of Policy Planning ( Lord ) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ( Sisco )
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tes. Almost any Ethiopian leadership will try to keep the OAU ’s headquarters in Addis. Military rule by itself will not alienate the OAU from the PMAC : Other military regimes that fought secession subsequently rose to leadership in the OAU ; e.g., Nigeria’s Gowon. Nevertheless,…
206. Briefing Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research ( Hyland ) to Secretary of State Kissinger
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om the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research ( Hyland ) to Secretary of State Kissinger Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1975, P830114–1446. Secret; NODIS. Drafted by William B. Young ( INR /RAA). Hyland outlined Nigerian concerns with U.S. ab…
207. Action Memorandum From the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ( Mulcahy ) to Secretary of State Kissinger
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208. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs ( Reinhardt ) to Secretary of State Kissinger
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280. Memorandum From Secretary of State Kissinger to President Ford
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Our economic interests in Zaire are large: access to Zaire’s enormous energy and mineral wealth; an existing financial stake of some three quarters of a billion dollars in investment, loans and contracts; and our largest market in black Africa after Nigeria. Our political interes…
21. Telegram 75525 From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Posts, April 3, 1975, 2044Z.
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A/ECP , AID/PPC, EUR/RPE , AF/EPS , EA/EP , S/P , NEA/RA, and S/S ; and approved by Robinson . Sent to Abidjan, Accra, Algiers, Belgrade, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Caracas, Colombo, Dakar, Georgetown, Islamabad, Jakarta, Kingston, Kinshasa, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Lima, Manila, Mexico Ci…
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