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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 4, folder \"Sudan - President Jaafar Mohamed\nNimeiri\" of the National Security Adviser's Presidential Correspondence with Foreign\nLeaders Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 4 of the NSA Presidential Correspondence with Foreign Leaders Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nIdp\nof STATE\nC.D\nDepartment of State\nUNITED of\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES\nSECRET\nNOD093\nPAGE 01 KHARTO 00083 091630Z\nS\n42\nACTION NOOS-50\nEYES ONLY-DIRECT\nINFO OCT-01 ISO-00 1031 W\n234918\n0 4915032 JAN 76\nF14 AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM\nTO SECSTATE WASHOC IMMEDIATE 914\nDECLASSIFIED\n9 GORNT KHARTOUM 0083\nE.O. 12958, Sec. 3.5\nState Dept. Guidelines\nstate Review 9/17/03\nNODIS\nBy\nCab\n, NARA, Date 3/9/04\nE.O. 11652: XGDS-1\nTAGS PECK, us, AO, SU\nSUBJECT: NIMEIRI REPLY ON ANGOLA\nREF: STATE 271377, KHARTOUM 9010\nS\n1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT NIMEIRI'S REPLY LETTER, DATED JAN 7,\nTO PRESIDENT FORDIS LETTER ON ANGOLA. ORIGINAL BEING\nPOUCHED AF/E.\n2, QUOTE, EXCELLENCEY:\nIT IS GOOD TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON DISCONCERTING\nISSUES THAT HAMPER PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACE AMD DEVELOP-\nMENT. OUR GREATLY IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH YOUR COUNTRY,\nPERMIT, INDEED MAKE IT NECESSARY AT TIMES TO\nCONSULT WITH A VIEW TO CONSTRUCTIVE COOPERATION. ANGOLA\nIS A CASE THAT CALLS FOR SUCH COOPERATION: HENCE MY APPRECIATION\nOF YOUR INITIATIVE.\nLET ME BEGIN BY STATING THAT YOUR OBJECTIVES AND ours\nARE ONE AND THE SAME, YOU SAY IT IS A PURELY APRICAN AFFAIR,\nWE SAY THE SAME. YOU STATE THAT THE EXTERNAL POWERS WHICH\nFIGHT DN THE ANGOLAN CRIL SHOULD IMMEDIATELY LEAVE ANCOLA\nALONE. WE SHARE THIS WITH YOU, THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH\nR.\nYOU BASED YOUR ASSESSMENT ARE THE SAME AS DURS.\nMY BELIEF IN DUR RESTORED FRIENDSHIP LED \"E TO EXPLAIN\nGERALD\nSECRET\nEYES ONLY-DIREDT\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nDEPARTMENT\nOF\nSTATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED of\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES\nCULU\nSECRET\nEYES ONLY-DIRECT -Dinzol,\nPAGE 22 KHARTO 00083 0916302\nIN GREAT DETAIL TO YOUR AMBASSADOR THE REA3ON WHICH PROMPTED\nTHE EXTENSION OF OUR RECOGNITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF LUANDA.\nFOLLOWING IS A RESUME OF MY LOGIC\nIN CONFORMITY WITH A RESOLUTION OF THE ORGANIZATION OF\nAFRICAN UNITY WE INITIATED OUR FIRST CONTACTS WITH MPLA DURING\nTHE EARLY STAGES OF THEIR STRUGGLE AGAINST THE PORTUGUESE\nOCCUPATION. WE SUPPORTED THEIR CAUSE BY ALL MEANS AT OUR\nDISPOSAL THIS INTRODUCED US TO SEVERAL LEADERS AND A NUMBER\nOF PEOPLE CONDUCTING THE ACTUAL WAR AGAINST PORTUGUESE DOMINATION.\n(SEQUENTLY KE CAME TO UNDERSTAND THEIR POINTS OF VIEW AND TO\nACQUAINT OURSELVES WITH THEIR ULTIMATE ENDS. OUR\nCONTACTS CONTINUED TILL THE PORTUGUESE TRANSFERRED SOVEREIGNTY\nTO THE PEOPLE OF ANGOLA! NOT TO AN ADMINISTRATION OR A GROUP\nOF PEOPLE OR A NOVEMENT.\nWE DID NOT THINK HIGHLY OF THIS AND HAD NOT MUCH TO DO\nBUT WATCH AND WAIT. THERE WAS OCCASION, HOWEVER, TO TAKE WITH\nSOME LEADERS OF AFRICA AS WELL AS OTHERS DISTURBED BY THE NAY\nTHINGS WERE DRIFTING TOWARDS AN ABYSS. WE DECIDED\nTO RECONGIZE THE LUANDA GOVERNMENT PARTLY\nBECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY DECLARED ONE, PARTLY BECAUSE\nWE THOUGHT ANGOLA HAD TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT. NATURALLY WE COULD\nNOT GO ON WAITING WITHOUT ASSISTING A GOVERNMENT THAT FOR ALL\nPRACTICAL PURPOSES SEEMED AND SEEMS TO HAVE RELATIVELY\nTHE UPPER HAND AND SEEMINGLY A GREATER PORTION OF ANGOLA UNDER\nITS CONTROL. WE GAVE THE MORAL SUPPORT WE COULD TO THE LIKELIEST\nGOVERNMENT OF ANGOLA IN THE HOPE THAT OUR SUPPORT WILL HELP ITS\nPREST,GE TO PERSUADE OTHER WINGS OF THE REVOLUTION TO\nASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH IT.\nWE SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT EVENTUALLY A GOVERNMENT OF\nNATIONAL UNITY WILL EMERGE AND GUARD THE NATIONAL\nINDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA AGAINST FOREIGN INTRUDERS FROM WITHIN\nAND WITHOUT AFRICA' THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT HAS GONE QUITE A\nWAY IN ASSERTING ITSELF AND CAN, WITH A LITTLE HELP AND SOME\nFRIENDLY PERSUASION, 00 THE JOB,\nMR. PRESIDENT.\nEYES ONLY-DIRECT\nSECRET\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nDEPARTMENT\nof\nSTATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED\nTELEGRAM\nSTATES of\nSECRET\nEYES ONLY-DIRECT\nPAGE 03 KHARTO 00083 0916302\nS\nEVEN THOUGH WE RECOGNIZE THE MPLA GOVERNMENT WE ARE\nWILLING TO COOPERATE WITH YOU TO BRING A FINAL HALT TO\nFOREIGN INTERVENTION IN ANGOLA. WE ARE ALSO WILLING TO JOIN\nYOU AND OTHER FRIENDS IN YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP ANGOLAN LEADERS\nTO HELP THEMSELVES,\nHERE I MUST COMMEND YOUR POSITION VIS-A-VIS SOUTH\nAFRICA AS STATED IN YOUR MESSAGE. SOUTH AFRICA IS THE ROOTS\nOF THE MATTER. YOUR EXCELLENCY IS CERTAINLY AWARE THAT NONE\nOF THE AFRICAN COUNTRIES WILL TOLERATE THE GINGER\nOF SOUTH AFRICA IN ANY OF THE AFFAIRS OF AFRICA. ALL AFRICANS\nLOOK UPON IT AS AN EVIL ISLAND IN A SEA WHICH WOULD HAVE\nOTHERWISE BEEN CALM ENOUGH TO HAVE ALL SAILING ON ITS PLANE,\nI AM NO DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS. SOUTH AFRICA IS A BASTION OF\nMISCHIEF TO US OUT HERE, PERHAPS TO YOU TOO, AWAY THERE, AND\nTO YOUR FRIENDS IN THE WESTERN ALLIANCE,\nI THANK YOU ONCE MORE FOR YOUR MESSAGE AND REST\nASSURED THAT I AM HAPPY TO KNOW YOUR VIEWS ON THE ANGOLAN\nPROBLEM. I AM EQUALLY HAPPY TO ACQUAINT YOU WITH OUR POSITION\nIN SUDAN. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT OUR AIMS ARE THE SAME, IT DOES NOT\nDISCONCERT ME THAT WE DISAGREE OVER THE MEANS. WE ARE VERY\nNEAR TO THE CENTER OF EVENTS. THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR COUNTRY\nIS so NEAR TO THE POLITICAL AS WELL AS THE MILITARY FIELO OF\nOPERATIONS AND THEREFORE OUR DECISION HAVE TO TAKE STOCK OF\nTHEM. SOME IDEAS THAT WE DO NOT APPROVE OF MAY BLOW INTO\nOUR REGION. WE ARE SENSITIVE ABOUT THAT, WE PREFER TO\nPRESERVE OUR OLD FRIENDSHIP WITH SOME OF THE LEADERS OF\nANGOLA, WE HAVE KNOWN, HOPING TO TRANSMIT TO THEM SOME OF\nTHE EXPERIENCES THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH.\nYOUR POSITION IS UNDERSTANDABLE SINCE, AS YOU SAID\nIN YOUR MESSAGE, THE UNITED STATES HAS GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITIES\nWHICH IMPOSE ON HER CERTAIN LINES OF ACTIONS, THAT WE UNDER-\nSTAND.\nS\nFINALLY MR. PRESIDENT, ALLOW ME TO REPEAT THAT DUP TAO\nCOUNTRIES 20 WELL WELL TO EXCHANGE VIEWS IN ORDER TO CLARIFY\nTHEIR POSITIONS EVEN IF THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS DIFFERENT.\nTHOROUGH UNDERSTANDING SHOULD PF OUR PURSUITS THINKING\nEYES CNLY-DINECT\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\nDEPARTMENT Op STATE\nDepartment of State\nUNITED AMERICA\nTELEGRAM\n-\nSTATES of\nSECRET\nEYES ONLY-DIRECT\nS\nPAGE 04 KHARTO 00083 0916302\nALIKE OR NOT, REGARDLESS, TO UNDERSTAND IS TO SYMPATHISE,\nPLEASE, LET us EXPLAIN TO EACH OTHER WHY WE DO WHAT WE 00,\nYOURS SINCERELY\nJAAFAR MOHAMED NIMEIRI UNQUOTE\nBREWER\n1\nEYES CHLY-DIRECT 13\nS\nSECRET\nNOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY\n29 June\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\ntelephone in S1 tuation\nReceived by\nRoom from president\nplane.\nCopies sent to\nHarrison, Lunder, r\nFarrar\nMEMORANDUM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJune 29, 1976\nFrom: The President of the Sudan\nTo:\nGerald Ford, President of the United States of America\nIt is my pleasure, on the conclusion of my visit to your country,\nto convey to you, Mr. President, my profound thanks for your warm\nand friendly reception. Our meeting was a frank and fruitful one\nand both our countries certainly stand to benefit from it.\nMy delegation and myself were deeply touched and greatly moved\nby the warmth and hospitality of the American people throughout the\nstates we visited. Whereever we went we were accorded warm\nreceptions by the govenors, Lt. govenors, mayors, and the great\npeople of the United States of America. I have no doubt that this\nvisit shall remain a landmark in the history of the relations between\nour two countries and pave the way for new and stong ties and fruitful\ncooperation in various fields.\nPlease accept, Mr. President, my good wishes for your personal\nhealth and for the great American people - prosperity and happiness.\nSigned:\nMohammed Numayri,\nPresident of the Democratic\nRepublic of the Sudan"
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