ANGOLA: OAU REQUEST ON MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00005R000700130034-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: March 29, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

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REF: FENDRICK (USUN)/MILAS (AF/RA) 3/25 TELECON
I. MISSION RECEIVED DIP NOTE (TEXT IN PARA 4) MARCH 25
FROM OAU EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT ANNOUNCING PLAN TO SEND
FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CAPE VERDE, NIGERIA AND ZAMBIA AND
OAU SECRETARY-GENERAL TO WASHINGTON APRIL 11-15 TO MEET
WITH THE SECRETARY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CROCKER,
CONGRESSIONAL FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEES, BLACK CAUCUS
AND ANTI-APARTHEID GROUPS ON THE DETERIORATING SITUATION
IN ANGOLA."
2. OAU AMBASSADOR YOUSSOUFOU TOLD MISSION OFFICER MARCH
25 HE UNDERSTOOD AMBASSADORS IN WASHINGTON OF THE THREE
COUNTRIES BEING REPRESENTED WERE COORDINATING DETAILS OF
TRIP WITH DEPARTMENT, AND HE WAS SENDING NOTE TO MISSION
ONLY AS A COURTESY AFTER OUR INQUIRY ON THE STATUS OF THE
TRIP.
3. MISSION HAS SENT OAU MISSION INTERIM RESPONSE THAT
INFORMATION HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED TO DEPARTMENT FOR REPLY.
4. BEGIN TEXT OF OAU NOTE:
THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN
UNITY TO THE UNITED NATIONS PRESENTS ITS COMPLIMENTS TO
THE PERMANENT MISSION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO
THE UNITED NATIONS AND HAS THE HONOUR TO INFORM IT THAT
THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY IS, IN IMPLEMENTATION
OF ITS RESOLUTION, SENDING A MINISTERIAL DELEGATION
COMPOSED OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CAPE VERDE, NIGERIA
AND ZAMBIA AND ITS SECRETARY GENERAL TO WASHINGTON FROM
11 TO 15 APRIL 1988 TO REVIEW THE CONTINUOUSLY
DETERIORATING SITUATION IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
ANGOLA.
THE MISSION INTENDS TO HOLD TALKS, DURING ITS STAY IN
WASHINGTON, WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS, THE SENATE
OCA
INCOMING
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FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, THE HOUSE SUB-COMMITTEE ON
AFRICA, SENATE AND HOUSE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS.
THE BLACK CONGRESSIONAL-CAUCUS, THE AFRICAN AMBASSADORS
IN WASHINGTON, ANTI-APARTHEID GROUPS, TRANS-AFRICA, FREE
SOUTH AFRICA MOVEMENT AND THE BLACK NATIONAL LEADERSHIP
ROUND TABLE.
THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT WOULD IN THIS CONNECTION BE
MOST GRATEFUL IF /T COULD BE INFORMED OF THE SUITABILITY
OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAMMES TO THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF
STATE AND HIS COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS THE OF THE RENDERING
OF ORGANIZATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE MISSION TO SEE THE
PERSONALITIES AND GROUPINGS INDICATED ABOVE WITHIN THE
TIME FRAME OF THE VISIT. THE AMBASSADOR OF THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA TO THE UNITED STATES HAS KINDLY
AGREED TO ASSIST IN THE CO-ORDINATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF
THE MISSION. AN EARLY REPLY TO THE PRESENT NOTE FROM THE
PERMANENT MISSION OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.
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