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The original documents are located in Box 4, folder "Sudan - President Jaafar Mohamed
Nimeiri" of the National Security Adviser's Presidential Correspondence with Foreign
Leaders Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 4 of the NSA Presidential Correspondence with Foreign Leaders Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
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F14 AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
TO SECSTATE WASHOC IMMEDIATE 914
DECLASSIFIED
9 GORNT KHARTOUM 0083
E.O. 12958, Sec. 3.5
State Dept. Guidelines
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SUBJECT: NIMEIRI REPLY ON ANGOLA
REF: STATE 271377, KHARTOUM 9010
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1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT NIMEIRI'S REPLY LETTER, DATED JAN 7,
TO PRESIDENT FORDIS LETTER ON ANGOLA. ORIGINAL BEING
POUCHED AF/E.
2, QUOTE, EXCELLENCEY:
IT IS GOOD TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON DISCONCERTING
ISSUES THAT HAMPER PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACE AMD DEVELOP-
MENT. OUR GREATLY IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH YOUR COUNTRY,
PERMIT, INDEED MAKE IT NECESSARY AT TIMES TO
CONSULT WITH A VIEW TO CONSTRUCTIVE COOPERATION. ANGOLA
IS A CASE THAT CALLS FOR SUCH COOPERATION: HENCE MY APPRECIATION
OF YOUR INITIATIVE.
LET ME BEGIN BY STATING THAT YOUR OBJECTIVES AND ours
ARE ONE AND THE SAME, YOU SAY IT IS A PURELY APRICAN AFFAIR,
WE SAY THE SAME. YOU STATE THAT THE EXTERNAL POWERS WHICH
FIGHT DN THE ANGOLAN CRIL SHOULD IMMEDIATELY LEAVE ANCOLA
ALONE. WE SHARE THIS WITH YOU, THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH
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YOU BASED YOUR ASSESSMENT ARE THE SAME AS DURS.
MY BELIEF IN DUR RESTORED FRIENDSHIP LED "E TO EXPLAIN
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IN GREAT DETAIL TO YOUR AMBASSADOR THE REA3ON WHICH PROMPTED
THE EXTENSION OF OUR RECOGNITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF LUANDA.
FOLLOWING IS A RESUME OF MY LOGIC
IN CONFORMITY WITH A RESOLUTION OF THE ORGANIZATION OF
AFRICAN UNITY WE INITIATED OUR FIRST CONTACTS WITH MPLA DURING
THE EARLY STAGES OF THEIR STRUGGLE AGAINST THE PORTUGUESE
OCCUPATION. WE SUPPORTED THEIR CAUSE BY ALL MEANS AT OUR
DISPOSAL THIS INTRODUCED US TO SEVERAL LEADERS AND A NUMBER
OF PEOPLE CONDUCTING THE ACTUAL WAR AGAINST PORTUGUESE DOMINATION.
(SEQUENTLY KE CAME TO UNDERSTAND THEIR POINTS OF VIEW AND TO
ACQUAINT OURSELVES WITH THEIR ULTIMATE ENDS. OUR
CONTACTS CONTINUED TILL THE PORTUGUESE TRANSFERRED SOVEREIGNTY
TO THE PEOPLE OF ANGOLA! NOT TO AN ADMINISTRATION OR A GROUP
OF PEOPLE OR A NOVEMENT.
WE DID NOT THINK HIGHLY OF THIS AND HAD NOT MUCH TO DO
BUT WATCH AND WAIT. THERE WAS OCCASION, HOWEVER, TO TAKE WITH
SOME LEADERS OF AFRICA AS WELL AS OTHERS DISTURBED BY THE NAY
THINGS WERE DRIFTING TOWARDS AN ABYSS. WE DECIDED
TO RECONGIZE THE LUANDA GOVERNMENT PARTLY
BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY DECLARED ONE, PARTLY BECAUSE
WE THOUGHT ANGOLA HAD TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT. NATURALLY WE COULD
NOT GO ON WAITING WITHOUT ASSISTING A GOVERNMENT THAT FOR ALL
PRACTICAL PURPOSES SEEMED AND SEEMS TO HAVE RELATIVELY
THE UPPER HAND AND SEEMINGLY A GREATER PORTION OF ANGOLA UNDER
ITS CONTROL. WE GAVE THE MORAL SUPPORT WE COULD TO THE LIKELIEST
GOVERNMENT OF ANGOLA IN THE HOPE THAT OUR SUPPORT WILL HELP ITS
PREST,GE TO PERSUADE OTHER WINGS OF THE REVOLUTION TO
ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH IT.
WE SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT EVENTUALLY A GOVERNMENT OF
NATIONAL UNITY WILL EMERGE AND GUARD THE NATIONAL
INDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA AGAINST FOREIGN INTRUDERS FROM WITHIN
AND WITHOUT AFRICA' THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT HAS GONE QUITE A
WAY IN ASSERTING ITSELF AND CAN, WITH A LITTLE HELP AND SOME
FRIENDLY PERSUASION, 00 THE JOB,
MR. PRESIDENT.
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EVEN THOUGH WE RECOGNIZE THE MPLA GOVERNMENT WE ARE
WILLING TO COOPERATE WITH YOU TO BRING A FINAL HALT TO
FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN ANGOLA. WE ARE ALSO WILLING TO JOIN
YOU AND OTHER FRIENDS IN YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP ANGOLAN LEADERS
TO HELP THEMSELVES,
HERE I MUST COMMEND YOUR POSITION VIS-A-VIS SOUTH
AFRICA AS STATED IN YOUR MESSAGE. SOUTH AFRICA IS THE ROOTS
OF THE MATTER. YOUR EXCELLENCY IS CERTAINLY AWARE THAT NONE
OF THE AFRICAN COUNTRIES WILL TOLERATE THE GINGER
OF SOUTH AFRICA IN ANY OF THE AFFAIRS OF AFRICA. ALL AFRICANS
LOOK UPON IT AS AN EVIL ISLAND IN A SEA WHICH WOULD HAVE
OTHERWISE BEEN CALM ENOUGH TO HAVE ALL SAILING ON ITS PLANE,
I AM NO DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS. SOUTH AFRICA IS A BASTION OF
MISCHIEF TO US OUT HERE, PERHAPS TO YOU TOO, AWAY THERE, AND
TO YOUR FRIENDS IN THE WESTERN ALLIANCE,
I THANK YOU ONCE MORE FOR YOUR MESSAGE AND REST
ASSURED THAT I AM HAPPY TO KNOW YOUR VIEWS ON THE ANGOLAN
PROBLEM. I AM EQUALLY HAPPY TO ACQUAINT YOU WITH OUR POSITION
IN SUDAN. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT OUR AIMS ARE THE SAME, IT DOES NOT
DISCONCERT ME THAT WE DISAGREE OVER THE MEANS. WE ARE VERY
NEAR TO THE CENTER OF EVENTS. THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR COUNTRY
IS so NEAR TO THE POLITICAL AS WELL AS THE MILITARY FIELO OF
OPERATIONS AND THEREFORE OUR DECISION HAVE TO TAKE STOCK OF
THEM. SOME IDEAS THAT WE DO NOT APPROVE OF MAY BLOW INTO
OUR REGION. WE ARE SENSITIVE ABOUT THAT, WE PREFER TO
PRESERVE OUR OLD FRIENDSHIP WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS OF
ANGOLA, WE HAVE KNOWN, HOPING TO TRANSMIT TO THEM SOME OF
THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH.
YOUR POSITION IS UNDERSTANDABLE SINCE, AS YOU SAID
IN YOUR MESSAGE, THE UNITED STATES HAS GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITIES
WHICH IMPOSE ON HER CERTAIN LINES OF ACTIONS, THAT WE UNDER-
STAND.
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FINALLY MR. PRESIDENT, ALLOW ME TO REPEAT THAT DUP TAO
COUNTRIES 20 WELL WELL TO EXCHANGE VIEWS IN ORDER TO CLARIFY
THEIR POSITIONS EVEN IF THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS DIFFERENT.
THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING SHOULD PF OUR PURSUITS THINKING
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ALIKE OR NOT, REGARDLESS, TO UNDERSTAND IS TO SYMPATHISE,
PLEASE, LET us EXPLAIN TO EACH OTHER WHY WE DO WHAT WE 00,
YOURS SINCERELY
JAAFAR MOHAMED NIMEIRI UNQUOTE
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 29, 1976
From: The President of the Sudan
To:
Gerald Ford, President of the United States of America
It is my pleasure, on the conclusion of my visit to your country,
to convey to you, Mr. President, my profound thanks for your warm
and friendly reception. Our meeting was a frank and fruitful one
and both our countries certainly stand to benefit from it.
My delegation and myself were deeply touched and greatly moved
by the warmth and hospitality of the American people throughout the
states we visited. Whereever we went we were accorded warm
receptions by the govenors, Lt. govenors, mayors, and the great
people of the United States of America. I have no doubt that this
visit shall remain a landmark in the history of the relations between
our two countries and pave the way for new and stong ties and fruitful
cooperation in various fields.
Please accept, Mr. President, my good wishes for your personal
health and for the great American people - prosperity and happiness.
Signed:
Mohammed Numayri,
President of the Democratic
Republic of the Sudan