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Africa Region

-1. Memorandum From Fernando Rondon of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, January 2, 1973 [ PDF version   ] 

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Rondon presented a plan of action for Africa during the second Nixon Administration. His recommendations were not acted upon.

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 747, Country Files-Africa, Africa General, vol. II. Secret. Sent for action. Kennedy concurred. No action indicated. Kissinger wrote in the margin next to recommendation 1, "Like who?" and next to recommendation 2, "What makes you think that?" Attachment Tab A, "Guidelines for a NSSM Study on Africa South of the Sahara," is not published. Attached at Tab B is "US Interests in Sub-Sahara Africa."

The study examined the growing Arab influence in West Africa and how it made the Middle East a point of disagreement between the United States and African states.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, POL AFR-ARAB. Secret; No Foreign Dissem; Controlled Dissem. Drafted by Inskeep, cleared by Summ, approved by Mark.

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs David Newsom summarized U.S. views on Africa at the beginning of the second Nixon Administration for his counterparts from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, POL AFR. Confidential. Drafted by Michael L. Milligan (AF) on May 4.

Ross attached a reexamination of United States purposes, goals and rationale behind U.S. security assistance programs for Africa.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, AF/I Files: Lot 75 D 420, Box 1, MAP FY 74. Confidential. Drafted by Andre J. Navez (AF/RA), cleared by Peter Walker (AF/RA). The memorandum is a copy with an indication that Ross signed the original.

Eliot reviewed efforts of donors to combat the Sahel drought and noted that the Department of State and the Agency for International Development (AID) were working to promote a multi-donor program.

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 747, Country Files, Africa, General, March 1970-. Unclassified.

Kissinger outlined the international relief effort underway and transmitted a memorandum from Secretary of State Rogers to Nixon proposing that Nixon support U.N. efforts against the Sahel drought and that he appoint Deputy AID Administrator Maurice Williams as U.S. special drought coordinator.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 297, Geopolitical Files, Memoranda to the President, June 1973. No classification marking. Sent for action. A notation on the memorandum reads: "The President has seen." No action indicated, but Tab A, the attached proposed letter to Waldheim was signed in nearly unchanged form on June 20 and is printed in the Department of State Bulletin, Vol. LXIX, No. 1776, July 9, 1973, pp. 66-67. Tab B, the memorandum from Rogers to Nixon on June 8, 1973, was Limited Official Use. Rush signed for Rogers. In addition, Williams was appointed drought coordinator on June 20. Tab C, the telegram from Ambassador Scali, is not published.

Eliot transmitted information on Secretary of State Roger's proposal for the formation of a Presidential Commission on African Development.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, POL 1 AFR-US. Limited Official Use. No record of further action on the proposed Presidential Commission was found. Attachment 2, a draft executive order, attachment 3, "A list of suggested names within categories for membership on the Commission," and attachment 4, "Estimate of cost and funding source," are not published.

Kissinger summarized and attached a progress report from Maurice Williams on his work as Special Coordinator for American Assistance to the West African Drought Disaster.

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 747, Country Files, Africa, General, March 1970-. No classification marking. Sent for information. Nixon highlighted Williams' name in the first sentence of the memorandum and wrote: "good job." Tab A, Progress Report to the President from Maurice Williams on the African drought relief effort, August 10, is not published here. It was printed in the Department of State Bulletin, Vol. LXIX, No. 1786, September 17, 1973, pp. 380-83.

Kissinger summarized and attached a progress report from Special Coordinator Maurice Williams based on his September 8-21 trip to the Sahel. Williams said that the Sahel countries would need urgent food aid for at least a year, and that plans were needed for the larger problem of recovery.

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 747, Country Files, Africa, General, March 1970-. No classification marking. Sent for information. The attached report of September 27 from Maurice Williams is not published here. It was printed in the Department of State Bulletin, Vol. LXIX, No. 1796, November 26, 1973, pp. 669-73.

The telegram reported on a meeting in Nairobi between the President of the African Development Bank, Abdelwahab Labidi, and U.S. officials. Labidi expressed dismay at the lack of progress in U.S. approval of membership in the Bank.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1973. Limited Official Use. Repeated to Abidjan.

Newsom reviewed the full range of U.S. policy toward Africa and presented objectives and options for achieving them. He also recommended that the Africa Bureau undertake a study of Africa policy. The recommendations were left blank.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files, 1970-73, POL AFR-US. Secret. The recommendation was left blank.

Horan noted that four of the six posts proposed for Mrs. Nixon's trip to Africa had responded to a query about the advisability of her visit. Three of the four expressed reservations.

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 747, Country Files, Africa, General, March 1970-. Secret; Nodis. Sent for information. Scowcroft wrote: "Thanks." The attachments: Embassy telegrams 1738 from Ndjamena, 4581 from Dakar, 3186 from Bamako, and 3157 from Niamey, all dated October 13 are not published.

Upper Volta President Lamizana expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance to the Sahel and described the need for further action. President Nixon said that he would do his best to provide needed support.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box 2, 10/15/73. Confidential.

Williams summarized discussions with the ministers of the six drought stricken countries who accompanied President Lamizana to Washington.

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 747, Country Files, Africa, General, March 1970-. No classification marking.

Scowcroft transmitted Assistant Secretary Newsom's draft memorandum, providing background on U.S. policy against furnishing Sidewinder missiles to Africa. Newsom recommended a selective relaxation of the policy. Scowcroft recommended delaying a decision on Newsom's recommendation.

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 747, Country Files, Africa, Africa General. Secret; Sensitive. A handwritten notation reads: "HAK has seen." The draft at Tab A was attached, but is not published. The final version is Document 16.

The memorandum provided background information on U.S. policy against furnishing Sidewinder missiles to Africa, but Assistant Secretary Newsom recommended a relaxation of the policy.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, AF/I Files: Lot 75 D 420, Box 1, POL 23 Nigeria. Secret. Drafted by A. Navez and Newsom. Cleared by EUR, PM, L/PM, AF/E, AF/W, and NEA/RA. The recommendation was left blank.

The NSSM informed the Secretaries of Defense and State, and the Director of the CIA that President Nixon had directed a study of U.S. policy for providing military assistance and arms to the countries of black Africa, including current objectives and possible alternate policies.

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H-204, NSSMs, NSSM 201. Secret. A copy was sent to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Department reported on a meeting between Secretary of State Kissinger and OAU chiefs of mission in Washington.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Africa, Box 1, Africa General, State Department Telegrams. Confidential; Exdis. Repeated to Luanda, Lourenco Marques, Paris, and USUN. Drafted by Mulcahy; cleared in S/S and S; approved by Easum.

Ford spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus about his interest in Africa.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box 5, August 21, 1974. Unclassified. The meeting was held in the Cabinet Room of the White House. The Byrd Amendment permitted the United States to import chrome from Southern Rhodesia, overcoming a United Nations Security Council Resolution establishing an embargo on trade with that country.

Springsteen attached a memorandum describing the drought in West Africa, the nature of U.S. assistance, and the problems ahead.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Africa, Box 1, Africa, General (1). Confidential. Springsteen sent Scowcroft updated reports on October 16 (ibid.) and December 13. (Ibid., General (2))

The document reviewed U.S. arms policy in black Africa, U.S. interests, future prospects, and options.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC Institutional File, Box 7, IF/NS File for President, Military Assistance and Arms Policy in Black Africa. Secret. The annexes are not published here. DOD endorsed Option 3 (Memorandum from Clements to Kissinger, December 13; ibid.), as did the Department of State. (Memorandum from Springsteen to Scowcroft, December 16; ibid., Box 10, IF/NA File for the President, Military Assistance and Arms Policy in Black Africa) The CIA suggested a few changes to the background portion of the study, but endorsed no specific option. (Memorandum from Colby to Davis, December 4, 1974; ibid.)

Secretary of State Kissinger, Assistant Secretary Easum, and Director Vest discussed U.S. military aid issues regarding sub-Saharan conflicts.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Kissinger's Staff Meetings, 1973-1977, Entry 5177, Box 5, Secretary's Staff Meetings. Secret. Portions unrelated to Africa are not published here.

The telegram transmitted a letter to President Ford from Congressman Charles C. Diggs (D-MI), who expressed his opposition to the nomination of Nathaniel Davis as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1975. Unclassified; Immediate. A summary of Mobutu's speech to AAI is published as Document 267.

At President Ford's request, Secretary of State Kissinger replied to Congressman Diggs with strong support for the nomination of Nathaniel Davis.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Africa, Box 7, Zaire, State Department Telegrams from SECSTATE - Nodis. Unclassified; Immediate. Drafted by Brown and approved by Kissinger.

Kissinger transmitted to the OAU Secretary General Mboumoua a message concerning the nomination of senior officials for posts in the United States and his dismay in learning of the OAU's consensus resolution commenting on the nomination of Nathaniel Davis.

Source: National Archives, RG 84, Ethiopia Embassy Files: Lot 77 F 121, OAU Relations with United States. Limited Official Use; Immediate. The text of the OAU's press release on OAU letterhead is located at Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Department, Charles Diggs Papers, Box 220, Unnamed Folder.

Chargé Samuel J. Hamrick, Jr. reported on the internal discussions that led to the OAU statement opposing the Nathaniel Davis nomination.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1975. Confidential; Exdis. Repeated to Addis Ababa.

Secretary of State Kissinger, Nathaniel Davis, and Deputy Secretary Ingersoll discussed Kissinger's meeting later in the day with African ambassadors.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's Staff Meetings, 1973-1977, Entry 5177, Box 6, Secretary's Staff Meetings. Secret.

The Department reported on the April 8 meeting between Kissinger and African ambassadors in which an exchange of views on U.S.-African relations took place.

Source: National Archives, RG 84, Ethiopia Embassy Files: Lot 77 F 121, OAU Relations with the United States. Confidential; Priority; Limdis. Repeated priority to USUN, and to London and Paris.

Lord and Mulcahy transmitted a major review of U.S. Africa policy and recommended that Secretary of State Kissinger hold an analytical staff meeting to discuss the attached paper. Kissinger approved the recommendation.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 326, Department of State, Policy Planning History Project, Vol. 9, Additional Papers: African and East Asian Affairs, 1973-75. Secret. Drafted by Willard de Pree (S/P) and John Blane (AF); cleared in INR, PM, IO, and EB. The Agency for International Development (AID) drafted a dissent to this paper and it is published as an attachment as Tab 1. A memorandum from Administrator of AID Daniel Parker to Lord is published as Tab 2. Kissinger initialed his approval on July 7. No record of an analytical staff meeting was found.

Secretary of State Kissinger and members of the Congressional Black Caucus discussed U.S. policy toward Africa. Caucus members asked for more U.S. attention to the region.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 274, Memoranda of Conversations, Chronological File. Limited Official Use; Nodis. Drafted by Howard T. Robinson (H), cleared by Ambassador Charles James (AF). The paper referred to by Congressman Rangel can be found in Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Department, Charles Diggs Papers, Box 345, Folder 49.

Ambassador Hummel reported on Acting OAU Secretary General Peter Onu's view that despite U.S. statements against outside intervention in Angola, Africans still believed the U.S. and South Africa were in de facto collusion. Onu concluded that Assistant Secretary of State William E. Schaufele Jr.'s mission to Africa was therefore counterproductive.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1976. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated Immediate to Dakar.

Assistant Secretary Schaufele, traveling in Senegal, responded to Telegram 31 from Addis Ababa (Document 31), by explaining how African moderates had allowed themselves to be steamrolled by a militant minority.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Africa, Box 5, Senegal, State Department Telegrams to SECSTATE - Exdis. Secret; Niact Immediate; Exdis. Repeated Niact Immediate to Addis Ababa.

The Appraisal described growing Soviet involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa during 1975, but predicted that Moscow would suffer setbacks among newly independent nations wary of foreign domination.

Source: Washington National Records Center, OASD/ISA Files, FRC 330-79-0049, Box 64, Africa 1976. Secret; Noforn.

Schaufele reviewed likely reactions from African countries if the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) were to impose itself as the recognized government of Angola, and suggested steps the United States should be prepared to take in response.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1976, P840010-2098. Secret; Nodis.

The Department summarized Kissinger's remarks to African ambassadors at a January 15 meeting at which U.S.-African relations were discussed.

Source: Department of State, Nairobi Post Files: Lot 79 F 186, Box 5, POL-Africa General, 1976. Confidential. Repeated to London, Paris, Cairo, Tunis, Tripoli, Algiers, Rabat, and the Mission to USUN. Drafted by Dennis W. Keough (AF/I), cleared by Schaufele, approved by Kissinger.

Parker sought a decision on proposed U.S. initiatives for an International Development Investment Program for the Sahel. He provided three options.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, P760099-1315. Confidential. Sent for action. No action by Kissinger indicated on the recommendations. Drafted by Donald Brown, David Shear, and Caroline McGraw (AID/AFR) on March 9. Concurred in by EB, IO, S/P, H, and Schaufele on March 12.

Bush informed the President of the growing Cuban presence in Africa.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Africa, Box 1, Africa-General (3). Secret. A notation of the memorandum reads: "The President has seen," and Ford initialed the document. The map attachment indicating the location and number of Cuban advisors and troops in Africa and the attachment detailing the Cubans' actions are not published.

Burke and Diggs advised Kissinger on issues he should address on his trip to Africa and said he must take advantage of the trip to improve U.S. African policy.

Source: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Department, Charles Diggs Papers, Box 345, Folder 2. No classification marking.

Secretary of State Kissinger briefed African ambassadors on the purpose of his trip to Africa, and responded to their questions.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 275, Memoranda of Conversations, Chronological File. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by John D. Whiting (AF/I), approved in S on July 7.

Butler outlined the financial implications of the economic assistance commitments implied in Secretary of State Kissinger's Lusaka speech.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC Institutional Files, Box 38, Economic Assistance Commitments in Lusaka Speech. No classification marking. Sent for information. Scowcroft wrote "Thanks" and initialed the top of the document.

Secretary of State Kissinger briefed President Ford on the strategy and results of his Africa trip, and his goal of preventing the further radicalization of the continent. He also explained the need for a large development fund for Africa.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box 19, Ford Administration. Secret; Nodis. The meeting took place in the Oval Office of the White House.

Secretary of State Kissinger provided background for the U.S. economic assistance proposals arising from his trip to Africa, to OMB Director Lynn who responded that there were constraints.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 276, Memoranda of Conversations, Chronological File. Confidential; Nodis. Drafted by Robert M. Beecroft (D), approved in S on May 21. The meeting took place in the Secretary's office.

Secretary of State Kissinger reviewed his trip to Africa, covering Angola, aid to the Sahel, and the need to support key countries such as Zaire, Senegal, Kenya and Zambia.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC Meeting File, Box 2. Secret; Nodis. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room of the White House.

Secretary of State Kissinger, Under Secretary Robinson, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Joseph A. Greenwald, and Assistant Secretary Schaufele discussed a coordinated approach to African aid.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's Staff Meetings, 1973-1977, Entry 5177, Box 10, May 14, 1976. Secret. Kissinger's reference to a NSC study is presumably referring to NSSM 241, "U.S. Policy in Southern Africa," scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, Vol. XXVIII, Southern Africa, 1969-76.

President Ford, Secretary of State Kissinger, and French President Giscard spoke about Giscard's Africa Fund proposal and the possibility of organizing a meeting in the near future to discuss it.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box 19. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Oval Office of the White House.

Schaufele and Scott informed Kissinger of developments following from his March 29 decision that the United States should take an active leadership role in Sahel development.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1976, P760099-1311. Confidential. Drafted by I. Rosenthal (AFR/SFWA); cleared in (AA/PPC), (AA/LEG), (AFR/SFWA), (AA/AFR), and (AF/W). The attachment is published as Document 36. The President's FY-78 budget request included $50 million for Sahel development. The Department of State appealed for an increase to $80 million. The appropriation as signed into law as PL 95-88 on August 2, 1977 was $50 million. (Congressional Quarterly, Congress and the Nation, Vol. V, 1977-80, p. 38) Budget figures on Sahel development requests are in telegram 301276 from the Department of State to the Secretary's Delegation, December 11. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1976)

Scowcroft indicated that in order to take account of Secretary of State Kissinger's trip to Africa, President Ford had directed that NSSM 241, U.S. Policy in Southern Africa, include two additional points: security and economic requirements of Zaire, Zambia and Kenya, and the feasibility of a major multilateral venture for Sahel development.

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 84 B 00513R, Box 8, NSSM 241. Secret. Copies were sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director, Office of Management and Budget. NSSM 241, in scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations of the United States, Vol. XXVIII, Southern Africa, 1969-76. The NSSM 241 study was never completed. An undated draft Summary Overview of the study is found in the Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC Institutional Files, Box 43, Submission of Summary Overview of NSSM 241.

Responding to Kissinger's request of May 14, published above, Rogers provided options for organizing the African aid initiative stemming from the Giscard proposal.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1976, P760099-1246. Confidential. Drafted by Ernest H. Preeg (EUR/RPE), cleared in (AID/AF), (EB), and (AF). William Rogers was appointed Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs on June 16, 1976. In a May 31 memorandum to Kissinger, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Joseph A. Greenwald expressed his objection to Rogers' proposal to contact foreign leaders about the aid plan. He recommended a much less activist approach. (Ibid., P760099-1294)

The memorandum recommended that President Ford issue a Presidential Determination waiving the $40 million ceiling on the amount allowed for security assistance for fiscal year 1976. Ford approved the recommendation.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 16, Subject File, Presidential Determinations FY 1976. Confidential. Sent for action. Ford initialed his approval. Tab B, Robinson's report to Ford, dated May 11, and Tab C, Lynn's concurrence, dated May 26, are not published.

The memorandum provided background information to Rumsfeld for his June 16-18 visit to Kenya and Zaire, the first trip by a U.S. Secretary of Defense to Africa.

Source: Washington National Records Center, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330-78-0017, Box 3, Africa Region Reading File, June-July 1976. Secret. Drafted by John A. Reed, Africa Regional Director, ISA.

The Department transmitted the text of INR Report No. 539, dated July 28, on Giscard's African Development Fund. The report provided background on the Fund concept, and information on proposed structure and reactions from prospective donors.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1976. Confidential. Repeated to Bonn, Copenhagen, Dublin, The Hague, London Luxembourg, Moscow, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, and the Mission to the European Community. Drafted by Gilbert M. Johnson (INR/REC); cleared in EUR/WE, AF/EPS, EB/IFD, and INR/REC; approved by Martin Packman (INR/DDR).

Secretary of State Kissinger asked that Ambassadors of addressee posts bring to the attention of host country chiefs of state his speech to the Urban League, with a message that the speech enunciated major elements of U.S. policy toward Africa.

Source: National Archives, RG 84, Nairobi Embassy Files: Lot 79 F 186, Box 5, POL-Africa General, 1976. Limited Official Use; Priority. Repeated Priority to Rabat, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Cairo. The full text of the speech was published in the State Department Bulletin, Vol. LXXV, No. 1939, August 23, 1976, pp. 257-265, and was transmitted to all African diplomatic posts in telegram 190949, August 2. (Ibid., Box 7, POL 2 Reports/Statistics 1976)

The telegram transmitted a letter from Secretary of State Kissinger to French Foreign Minister Jean Sauvagnargues expressing support for the Giscard Fund for African Development, but noting concerns about its structure and operation.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, 1976. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted and approved by Roger A. Sorenson (PB), cleared in S/S. The text of the aide-mémoire was not found. No final decision regarding U.S. support for the Giscard Fund for African Development was made before the end of the Ford administration. Kissinger continued to support the Fund in public statements, including in a toast to African foreign ministers on October 8. (Department of State Bulletin, Vol. LXXV, No. 1949, November 1, 1976, p. 560)

The Estimate reviewed Soviet military policy in the third world. It noted that although Soviet military aid to sub-Saharan Africa was quite small, because the military was frequently the most important element in African politics, such aid had helped the USSR to compete with both the West and China for influence.

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, NIC Files, Job 79 R 01012A. Secret; Noforn; Nocontract. The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Defense, Treasury, and the National Security Agency participated in the preparation of this Estimate. The Director of CIA submitted this estimate with the concurrence of all members of the USIB, with the exception of the representatives of the Department of the Treasury. Only the section on Africa is published here.

Scowcroft asked Ford to take five actions permitting ratification of U.S. membership in the African Development Fund.

Source: Ford Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Box 1, IT 1 African Development Fund. No classification marking. Sent for action. Ford initialed his approval of Recommendation C. The tabs were not attached, but action occurred; see Document 57.

Following up on the Scowcroft memorandum to President Ford of November 10 (Document 56), Conner reviewed the actions that Ford took to authorize U.S. membership in the African Development Fund.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Africa, Box 1, Africa General (4). Administratively Confidential. Copies were sent to Cheney, Bennett, and Linder. A handwritten note next to sections A and B reads: "11/18 At State - to be sent out." A handwritten note next to section C reads: "11/24 Going to be signed this week. A handwritten note next to D reads: "12/15 Subsequently done says Matt Hennessey."