RHODESIA'S VAN DER BYL ON FORD DEFEAT, ANGLO-U.S. AGREEMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-95-1-47-4
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: November 3, 1976
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/05: LOC-HAK-95-1-47-4
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RHODESIA'S VAN DER BYL ON FORD DEFEAT, ANGLO-U.S. AGREEMENT
LD041050 SALISBURY DOMESTIC SERVICE IN ENGLISH 1600 GMT 3 NOV 76 LD/Cp
(STATION COMMENTARY)
(EXCERPT) COMMENTING ON THE RESULTS OF THE U.S.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, THE RHODESIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS, MR VAN DER BYL, SAID IN GENEVA THAT THE DEFEAT
OF THE FORD ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY
OF THE SETTLEMENT PROPOSALS CUTLINED BY THE AMERICAN
SECRETARY OF STATE, DR KISSINGER, AND ACCEPTED BY THE
RHODESIAN GOVERNMENT. MR VAN DER BYL SAID WHILE THE
RHODESIAN GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE TO GET ON WITH WHOEVER IS
PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON, FOREIGN POLICY IS A CONTINUING
THING.
IN SALISBURY; SOURCES CLOSE TO THE GOVERNirENT ARE
?'",PORTED AS SAYING THAT RELATIONS BE:T&EN THE UNITED
-:5 AND RHODESIA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE DRAMATICALLY.
(:QUOTES THE SOURCES AS REFLECTING MR VAN DER BYL' S
OWN VIEWS ON THE CONTINUITY OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY.
4 NOV 1154Z DJA/TM
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/05: LOC-HAK-95-1-47-4