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Department Seal FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
1964-1968, Volume XXIV
Africa

Department of State
Washington, DC

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Index S-Z

Sacksteder, Frederick, 142n, 254n, 257, 259, 263n
Salans, Carl F., 1073n
Salazar, Antonio de Oliveira, 728, 729, 731, 734, 735, 760, 786-787, 904, 907
Samantar, Haji Mussa, 596
Sanderson, Fred H., 812n
Sandys, Duncan, 276
Sanusi, Alhaji M. A., 620-621
Sarrell, Amb., 128
Satterthwaite, Joseph C., 969-970, 975-977, 983-984, 1026-1028, 1031n, 1036, 1037
Saunders, Harold H., 11n, 159, 191n, 196, 197n, 203n, 225, 263n, 269, 300n, 704

Algeria, 38, 40, 42-43, 51n, 53-54, 61-62
Libya, 105, 112, 119, 147-148
Morocco, 157, 213-214
Nigerian civil war, 687-688
Southern Africa region, U.S. policy re, 703-704
Tunisia, 235-236, 247, 251-252
Wheelus Air Base, 95-96, 99, 103-104

Savimbi, Jonas, 746, 759n, 772, 777-778
Schaufele, William E., Jr., 759n
Schlosser, Wilhelm, 777
Schmitz, Charles A., 797n
Schultze, Charles L., 241, 254, 314, 465
Schwartz, Harry H., 898n, 900-901

Schwebel, Stephen M., 759n, 762n, 1022n
Scott, Joseph W., 611, 720-721
Scott, Kenneth, 788
Seaborg, Glenn T., 145
Sebastian, Peter, 781n
Seider, Francis J., 1102n
Senegal, 166, 328
Senghor, Leopold Sedar, 328
Senior Interdepartmental Group, 898-901, 1109-1110
Shego, Ali Omar, 596
Shullaw, J. Harold, 121n, 912
Sianis, Maj. Gen. Pete C., 713-715
Sibley, Gen., 125n, 132n
Sieverts, Frank A., 1067n
Sisco, Joseph J., 166, 169n, 691, 692, 705, 711, 712, 754n, 759n, 762n, 763, 818n, 827, 843, 846n, 912-913, 923n, 925, 947-948, 952-953, 1022n, 1055, 1073n, 1076-1077, 1079-1080
Sisulu, Walter, 992
Six-Day War, 12, 6, 125-1281, 137, 207, 260-263, 370-371
Slaoui, Driss, 151n
Slim, Taieb, 240, 760
Sloan, Frank K., 278, 510, 511, 966n, 968-969, 978-979
Sloan, Samuel, 618n
Smith, Bromley K., 247, 325n, 369, 849n, 932n, 942, 1053
Smith, Ian, 932

Rhodesian government, international campaign against:

"Fearless" proposals, 958, 960
U.K.-Rhodesia negotiations, 877, 903, 906, 922, 923-924, 927-929, 944
Zambia-Rhodesia economic warfare, 886

Rhodesian unilateral independence issue:

Johnson's correspondence with, 829-833
Rhodesia's declaration of independence, 838
Rhodesia's position, 820-821
U.K.-Rhodesia negotiations, 803, 829830, 834
U.S. policy re, 807-808, 810-811, 819-820
U.S.-U.K. protests, 788

Smith, Robert P., 451n, 455n, 618n, 620n, 632n, 633n, 634n, 636n, 640n, 641n, 658n, 686n
Smith, Rufus Z., 633n
Smyser, William R., 754n
Sobotka, Clement, 743n
Soko, J. H., 790
Solbert, Peter, 175, 525
Sole (South Africa), 966, 1067, 1068n
Solomon, Anthony M., 308n, 842, 861n, 881n
Somalia (see also Ethiopia-Somalia dispute; Horn of Africa), 588

Anti-American campaign, 494-495
Arab-Israeli conflict and, 598
Egal government, 581-584, 587-588
Haile Selassie's U.S. visit, concerns re, 556-557
Humphrey's visit, 399-400
Irredentist policies, 484-485, 487-488, 490-491, 509, 529-530, 557, 572
Johnson's correspondence with Aden, 497-498
Johnson's meeting with Egal, 591-597
Kenya, relations with, 509, 582-588, 591-592, 594, 597, 600
Rusk's meeting with Abdirazak, 551-553
Rusk's meeting with Egal, 597-598
Soviet Union, relations with, 485, 502, 505, 506, 509, 519, 551, 552, 600, 603-604
U.S. covert operations, 495-496
U.S. economic development assistance, 541, 551-552, 570, 594-595, 597
U.S. military assistance to Ethiopia, protests re, 538-539
U.S. objectives and policies, 507
Williams's meeting with Adan, 529-530

Sommers, Cmdr., 667-668
Sonnenfeldt, Helmut, 500n
South Africa (see also South West Africa), 313, 329, 371-372, 610

Apartheid policy, 963-965, 1009

International initiatives re, 993-994, 1018-1019, 1044
U.S. popular campaign against, 1019-1021

Black nationalists, actions against (Rivonia Trial), 983-984, 992
Blockade issue, 695-696
Civil aviation agreement with U.S., 1108-1109
Economic sanctions issue, 695, 989, 994, 998, 1010-1011, 1019-1020, 1038, 1040-1041, 1061, 1066
Economic situation, 1010
Homelands policy, 1009-1010, 1084-1085
Intelligence reports on, 988-989, 1061, 1077-1078
Johnson's meeting with Oppenheimer, 1028-1029
Military situation, 1010
Moderate whites, U.S. support for, 1037
Nationalist movement, 698-699
Nuclear energy program, 998-999, 1006, 1082
"One man-one vote" issue, 1101-1102
Political situation, 988-989, 1078
Rhodesian government, international campaign against, 887, 902, 915, 916, 925, 928

Contacts with Rhodesians, 920-921, 923, 929-930
Economic sanctions, rejection of, 938, 942-943, 946
U.S.-South Africa discussions, 1064-1065

Rhodesian unilateral independence issue, 791
Strategic importance to U.S., 1011
UN actions re, 691-692, 986-988, 992n, 993-994, 1044
U.S. disengagement, proposed, 1083-1084
U.S. Embassy staff transfer, South Africa's request for, 1031-1032, 1039
U.S. loans and investment guarantees, 985, 996-997, 1034-1035
U.S. military involvement in support of UN actions, possible, 1025-1026
U.S. military requirements for facilities and contractual support, 1070-1072
U.S. military sales, 966-969, 978, 979-981, 985, 996, 999-1005, 1034, 1047-1049, 1081-1082, 1083, 1094-1098
U.S. non-segregation policy for personnel in South Africa, 1021-1022, 1026-1028, 1030-1031, 1032-1033, 1042
U.S. policy toward, 700, 702, 973-974

Explanation of policy to African countries, 1037-1038
JCS position, 989-991
National Policy Paper, 1007-1019
NSAM No. 295, 981-982, 984-986, 989-991, 995-998, 1012, 1032-1038, 1041-1043

U.S. ships' port visits, 1021-1022, 1026-1028, 1051-1052, 1067-1069, 1089-1091, 1109-1110
U.S. space tracking stations in, 692, 693-694, 967, 968, 971-972, 978, 979, 985, 997, 1030-1031, 1032-1033, 1035, 1038, 1042-1043, 1045-1047, 1078
Verwoerd's assassination, 1058-1059

Southern Africa region, U.S. policy re, 699-715
South West Africa, 329, 368, 371, 918, 1007-1008

Homelands for non-white groups (Odendaal plan), 969-970, 975-977, 995-996, 1034, 1107-1108
ICJ ruling on, 970n, 1007-1008, 1052-1057
Intelligence reports on, 1050, 1065-1066
Mandate system, 965
Nationalist movement, 698-699, 1088-1089
Terrorism Act trials, 1091-1094, 1099-1100, 1102-1106
UN administration issue, 695, 964-965, 1062-1064, 1065-1066

Dialogue with South Africa re, 1076-1077, 1079-1080, 1086-1087
General Assembly Resolution 2248, 1080n
U.S. position, 1073-1076

U.S. aide-memoire re, 1059-1060
U.S. policy re, 701, 702, 973-974, 985-986, 997-998, 1012-1018
U.S.-U.K. coordinated approach re, 1022-1024, 1033, 1035-1036

Friendly countries' support, 1038, 1041-1042

Soviet Union, 602

Algeria, relations with, 2, 3, 11, 21, 24, 26, 36, 41-42, 50, 62
Arms control, 355-357
Ethiopia-Somalia dispute, 500-501
Ghana, relations with, 429, 430, 459
Horn of Africa, 573

U.S.-Soviet arms freeze, proposed, 542-543, 553-554

Morocco, relations with, 149n, 164, 187, 189-190
Nationalist movements of Southern Africa and, 699
Nigerian civil war, 663, 664, 675, 682, 685
North Africa, 3, 11
Portuguese Africa, 753
Six-Day War, 262
Somalia, relations with, 485, 502, 505, 506, 509, 519, 551, 552, 600, 603-604
South Africa's apartheid policy, 994
Subversive activity in Africa, 382-383, 404-405

Spain, 5, 182
Spanish Sahara, 4, 5, 182, 199-200
Special Group, 495, 720-721, 738-739
Special Group (Counterinsurgency), 279n
Special National Intelligence Estimates (see also National Intelligence Estimates):

SNIE 70-2-66, 1065-1066
SNIE 70-66, 1050
SNIE 71-64, 740-741
SNIE 72-65, 826
SNIE 73-64, 988-989
SNIE 76.1-68, 598-599

Spicer, R. Peter, 188, 191n, 201n, 206, 248
Spiers, Ronald I., 908
Springsteen, George S., Jr., 785n, 809n, 812n, 813n, 819n, 943n
Starkey, Joseph F., 813n
Steigman, Andrew L., 553n, 597n
Stephan, Ralph W., 1059n
Stephenson, Amb., 969, 977
Stern, Thomas, 84n
Sterner, Michael, 175n
Stevens, John, 842
Stevenson, Adlai E., 795n, 966, 1000, 1001
Stewart, Sir Michael, 113, 788, 803, 813, 822-824, 841, 874, 902n, 908, 912-913, 918, 922
Stoessel, Walter J., Jr., 759n, 767n, 904
Stoltzfus, William A., Jr., 26n, 29n, 43n
Stookey, Robert N., 502n
Stout, Charles R., 504n
Straus, Peter, 215n, 264n, 384
Strengthened African Program, 298-303, 305, 308-315, 318-319
Strong, Curtis C., 97n, 318n, 553n, 556n, 743n
Sub-Saharan Africa. See Regional policy regarding Sub-Saharan Africa.
Sudan, 32, 286, 491, 496-497
Suddarth, Roscoe S., 136

Sunay, 261
Swaziland, 329, 701-702
Symington, 196
Symington, James W., 596
Symmes, Harrison M., 74n, 181n

Talbot, Phillips, 34
Tanzania (Tanganyika), 275, 277, 329, 374, 496, 699, 743-745, 867
Tanzania-Zambia railroad, 304, 374, 798-799, 800-801
Tasca, Henry J., 18n, 26n, 28, 29n, 71n, 84n, 87n, 90n, 93n, 97n, 100n, 154n, 166, 184n, 187, 196, 219n, 484n, 487n, 491n, 492n, 494n, 497n, 499n, 502n, 504n, 507n, 511n, 515n, 518n, 520n, 745n

Morocco, 161, 162, 211, 214-215

Tashoma Haile-Mariam, 532, 546, 580
Task Force on the Review of African Development Policies and Programs, 326, 331-333, 334-349
Taswell, Harold L. T., 1024, 1039, 1056-1057, 1059-1060, 1076, 1077, 1079, 1086, 1099-1100, 1106, 1108n
Taylor, Frank D., 1022n
Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D., 979-981, 989-991
Taylor, Adm. R. L., 704, 779
Taylor, Rufus, 572n, 698n, 941, 1077n
Taylor, Rush W., 1097n
Tedla Bairu, 575
Telecommunications system for Africa, proposed, 304
Telli, Diallo, 391, 398, 656
Tempelsman, Maurice, 387
Thant, U, 209, 490, 685
Thiam, Doudou, 358
Thirkeild, Ben, 451n
Thompson, Herbert B., 263n, 849n
Thompson, Llewellyn E., 495, 514, 542n, 553n, 1040

Committee, 495, 742-743, 747, 779, 782

Thurston, Raymond L., 496, 542n, 581-584, 586n, 588, 590-591, 596, 597n, 601
Tienken, Arthur T., 781n
Tito, Marshal, 430
Todman, Terence A., 451
Toon, Malcolm, 542n
Torbert, Horace G., 488n, 490n, 491n, 494n, 498n, 530n
Touba, Pauline, 776
Toumayan, Alec G., 161, 177, 206, 212, 358, 564
Toure, Sekou, 30, 283, 330
Towsey, Kenneth, 796
Tran Van Do, 391
Trend, Sir Burke, 417, 872, 873, 874, 909
Tresidder, Argus, 1031n
Trimble, William C., 29n, 114n, 123n, 124n, 142, 177, 181n, 188, 230-231, 232n, 234n, 236, 254n, 413-416, 451n, 455n, 556n, 560n, 589n, 615, 618n, 625n, 632n, 633n, 634n, 636n, 640n, 641n, 649n, 650n, 652n, 751n, 765n, 812n, 943n, 1068n
Trivers, Howard, 500n
Tron, Rene A., 9n, 50n, 124n
Trued, Melvyn, 842
Trueheart, William C., 774, 781n
Tsafendakis, Demetrios, 1058-1059
Tshombe, Moise, 291, 292, 306, 444, 445, 746
Tubman, William, 391-392
Tuhadeleni, Eliaser, 1091
Tully, Andrew, 423
Tunisia (see also North Africa), 1, 2, 9

African nations, relations with, 219, 222
Algerian coup of 1965, 42-43
Arab League agenda, rejection of, 230-231, 273
Bourguiba's U.S. visit, 242-243, 244, 257-260, 265-271
Civic action program, 240
Economic situation, 219
France, relations with, 219-220, 221, 225, 244
Humphrey's visit, 267, 402-404
Israel, policy toward, 223n, 227, 230-231, 266
Johnson's correspondence with Bourguiba, 259-260, 263-264
Johnson's meetings with Bourguiba, 265-271
Johnson's meetings with Bourguiba, Jr., 227-229
Komer's meetings with Bourguiba, Jr., 220-223
Libya, relations with, 222-223, 234-235
Military situation, 14
Morocco, relations with, 221
Mutual defense arrangement with U.S., proposed, 3-4
Nasser's military threat, 234n, 238
Political situation, 14
Rusk's meetings with Bourguiba Jr., 236-241, 260-263
Rusk's meetings with Driss, 243-244, 248-249, 257-259
Six-Day War and, 260-263
Territorial claims, 4
Turkey as source of military equipment, 261, 268, 270
U.S. development assistance, 5, 220-221, 223-230, 241-243, 266-267, 271-272
U.S. military assistance, 229, 231-233, 235-241, 244, 245-254, 255-257, 261, 264-265, 272-273
U.S. security guarantee, proposed, 254-255, 257n, 266, 267, 273
Vietnam war, policy re, 267

Turkey, 136-137, 261, 268, 270
Tyler, William R., 417, 720n, 721n, 748-750, 788

Uganda, 275, 277, 328, 374
Underhill, Francis T., 834n
United Arab Republic (UAR) (see also Six-Day War), 13, 34, 116, 124, 528
United Kingdom (see also Rhodesian government, international campaign against; Rhodesian unilateral independence issue):

Action Program on African Development Policies and Programs, attitude toward, 362
Decreasing involvement in Africa, 345-346, 349
East African military presence, 277
Ethiopia, 574, 580
Ghana, 417-418, 447, 466-467
Libya, 72, 83, 105, 113, 114-119, 121-123, 141
Nigerian civil war, 657, 659-660, 663, 685
Nigerian political crisis, 628-629, 640-641, 651-652, 656
South Africa, 695, 993
South West Africa, 997, 1022-1024, 1033, 1035-1036
Zanzibar, 276, 277

United Nations (see also South West Africa):

Nuclear free zone issue, 315-317
Portuguese Africa, 759-764, 769
Rhodesian government, international campaign against, 695, 843n, 846-847, 865, 866-867, 879-880, 901-902, 931, 949-953, 958, 959
Rhodesian unilateral independence issue, 794-795, 818, 825, 843n
South Africa, 691-692, 986-988, 992n, 993-994, 1044

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), 338-339, 367, 397
United States Information Agency (USIA), 301, 310, 312, 319, 703
Usher, Arsene, 358

Valdes, Philip H., 18n, 149n
Valenti, Jack, 871, 874
Van Oss, Hendrik, 451n
Vance, Cyrus R., 88-89, 279n, 316, 738, 863, 942, 978, 1070, 1071
Verwoerd, Henrik F., 902, 975-977, 995-996, 1031n, 1042, 1058-1059
Videira, Alphonse, 776
Vietnam war, 27, 46-47, 182, 267, 359, 448-449, 476, 481
Voice of America, 195, 198, 301
"Voice of the Arabs" radio, 81
Volta River project. See under Ghana.
Vorster, B. J., 921n, 923, 1064

Wachuku, Agnes, 610-611, 983
Walker, Angus, 803, 839
Walker, Peter C., 523n, 529, 542n, 544n, 574n, 575n
Walsh, John P., 191n, 549n, 859n, 890n, 919n, 920n
Ward, Barbara, 856
Warren, George L., 74n, 84n, 92n, 93n, 100n, 232n, 234n, 488n, 504n, 516n, 544n, 754n, 765n, 767n, 995n
Watson, Duncan, 903
Webb, James E., 1045, 1046-1047
Wellman, Harvey R., 908n
Wells, H. Bartlett, 495, 514
West African Economic Community, 472
Westerfield, Samuel Z., 745n
Wey, Commodore, 627-628, 632, 639
Wheeler, Gen. Earle G., 175, 205-206, 286-288, 316-317, 1109
Wheelus Air Base:

Closure issue, 69, 70
Defense Department position, 88-89, 103-104
Harriman's assessment of situation, 80-81
Idris's position, 105-107
Israel-related concerns of Libyans, 123-125, 139
Libyan Air Force and, 79, 131-132, 139-140
Libyanization program, 92-93, 99
Libya's public statements on termination of U.S. rights, 71
Negotiations re, 85-87, 104, 130-131, 134n, 138-140

Instructions for U.S. negotiators, 84-85, 90-91, 132-134
U.S. negotiating strategy, 72, 73, 76, 82

Relocation of military functions, contingency planning for, 143-144
Six-Day War, crisis related to, 125-128
Strategic value to U.S., 77-80
Tunisia's security and, 237
U.S. action program re, 74, 83-84
U.S. discussions with Idris re, 87-88, 93-95, 105-107
U.S.-Libyan relations and, 74-76
U.S. withdrawal issue, 95-101, 128-131

White, Lee C., 288-289
Wichser, Mary J., 861n
Wilkins, Roy, 288-289, 295n, 296
Williams, Franklin H., 455n, 456-457, 466, 478, 479-481, 634n
Williams, G. Mennen, 16n, 29n, 30n, 43n, 149n, 154n, 167n, 169n, 173n, 175n, 219n, 220n, 223n, 224n, 225n, 279n, 288n, 419n, 424, 428n, 432, 458n, 488n, 516n, 717n, 722n, 762n, 792n, 795n, 834n, 837n, 844n, 851n, 861n, 881n, 883n, 895n, 966n, 1019n, 1021n, 1022n, 1044n

Algeria, 34, 46, 50, 51
Ethiopia, 521, 527, 531-532, 533-536
Ethiopia-Somalia dispute, 490-491, 496-497, 501-502, 523, 530
Ghana, 411, 413, 441-442, 450-452
Libya, 69-70, 101, 108-109
Morocco, 160, 163-165, 174, 175
Portuguese Africa, 720, 721n, 729-732, 745, 747, 770-771
Rhodesia, 795n, 797-798, 799-800
Somalia, 529-530
South Africa, 971, 993, 1037, 1040-1041, 1045
Strengthened African Program, 298, 301, 305, 308-309, 310, 312, 318-319
Tanzania-Zambia railroad, 799
Wheelus Air Base, 69, 70, 80-81

Williamson, Larry C., 927n
Wilson, Harold, 121, 480, 611, 661, 663, 669

Rhodesian government, international campaign against:

Commonwealth Conferences re, 886, 887-888, 893, 895, 914-916
Economic sanctions, 850, 874, 886-888, 908-909, 914, 915, 929n
Famine relief, 888-889
"Fearless" proposals, 958, 960
Johnson's correspondence with Wilson, 849-851, 859-860, 886-889, 890-891, 893-895, 903, 905-906, 914-916, 919-921, 923-924, 927-929, 955-956
Johnson's meetings with Wilson, 870-874, 910-911
Oil embargo, 850, 872
Peace terms issue, 887, 895
U.K. military presence in Zambia, 849-851, 894
U.K.-Rhodesia negotiations, 877, 902n, 903, 905-906, 911n, 923-924, 927-929, 955-956
U.S.-U.K. discussions, 908-909
Wilson's meeting with Kaunda, 891, 894
Zambia, U.S.-U.K. assistance for, 872, 873
Zambia-Rhodesia border closing, 891, 894

Rhodesian unilateral independence issue:

Johnson's correspondence with Smith, 829-830
Johnson's correspondence with Wilson, 813-814, 817, 829-830, 833-834
U.K.-Rhodesia negotiations, 813-814, 829, 833-834
U.S.-U.K. coordinated approach, 813-814, 818, 828
U.S.-U.K. protests, 788

Wina, Arthur, 790
Witman, William, 240, 358, 706-707, 712
Witt, William H., 1031n
Wolf, Joseph J., 123n, 132n, 560n, 574n, 575n, 1081
Wood, Gen., 510n
Woods, George, 321, 332, 350-351, 353, 361-362, 439
World Bank, 866

Action Program on African Development Policies and Programs, 332-333, 348, 350-351, 353, 361-362, 367
Ghana, 415, 439
Morocco, 166, 186
Tunisia, 226, 242

World Youth Festival, 39
Wright, Ken, 747
Wright, M. A., 109
Wright, Oliver, 874, 903

Yaker, Layachi, 50n, 64-67
Yarmolinsky, 315
Yates, Capt., 1069
Yifru, Ketema, 358, 544n, 546-547
Yost, Robert L., 315, 760

Zablocki, Clement, 414
Zambia (see also Rhodesian government, international campaign against), 285, 286, 374, 699, 701-702, 778

Humphrey's visit, 395-396
Nationalist fighting in Angola, 765-768
Rhodesian unilateral independence, concerns re, 790-792, 806
Tanzania-Zambia railroad, 304, 374, 798-799, 800-801

Zantuti, Brig., 138
Zanzibar (see also Tanzania), 276-277, 374, 610-611
Z'Biri, Col., 62
Zook, Ben M., 500n
Zulu, A. G., 882n
Zwick, Charles J., 272, 482

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