Office of the Historian

33. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain African Posts0

Washington, November 19, 1963, 6:35 p.m.

911. You may indicate as appropriate Department welcomes accord reached at Addis for settlement Algerian-Moroccan problem in African context and particularly welcomes selection seven countries on commission.1

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We desire also assure continued full appreciation by host government US interests and attitudes re Algerian-Moroccan dispute. Main lines US posture set forth in Depcirtel 8262 continue valid.

While we do not wish initiate approaches these subjects, Department also interested any info available on decisions reached and action contemplated by OAU foreign ministers on limiting Algerian-Moroccan arms buildup.

Rusk
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Secret. Drafted by Newsom and Stackhouse, cleared by Dorros and Allen, and approved by Tasca. Also sent to Khartoum, Dakar, Lagos, Abidjan, Bamako, and Dar-es-Salaam.↩
  2. The OAU Council of Ministers meeting at Addis Ababa created a Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration consisting of Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Tanganyika to inquire into the origins of the conflict and submit concrete proposals for its definitive settlement.↩
  3. Document 28.↩