NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet - WITHDRAWAL ID 00542 REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL National security restriction TYPE OF MATERIAL I Memorandum I NAME U Alexis Johnson NAME 40 Committee re intellige ce matter CREATION DATE 07 10 1972 VOLUME 2 pages ID 004700173 COLLECTION TITLE PRESIDENTIAL HANDWRITING FILE BOX NUMBER 31 FOLDER TITLE National Security Intelligence DATE WITHDRAWN 05 02 1988 WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST WHM Highs GER ewam s is Sgt-3 '20'520 'iclen't 1301151388 of Tiff- Em Republic L - 1 b31238 rah-5 5 had 2' - ill - - us anygg - Clid 33 by tel pixpne He 111 2- fl this pro-him my Emery that 'tj jc nev they 'Slfii e '1 03127233 51 r I I I 3 5 urry v 31 I 7 53 EKG-bier in an CNEin't 11 5 have g in inhassa a gift amgi t rug- 2 '11 39F3 3- t the ft 'hw Nit- rm 13%01313521 111117115111 theSki L 03 - LQ-Lmu g magma 4 am mm 949Sec 3 5 -- raw-w - contacted Foreign Minister who said they werestill interested in if the 'USG'iDuld bea willing to a financial contribution Mbassador teels certain that intervention turned Bokassa mletely amend on the forged Clements question He feels that either had-to promise Dole lose a gift or is expects to provide one basis of their regular relationshiz I rzltesson feels we madeano premises whens- 13 made our original request we are under a blitin and mral obligation to to forthme - 1 This problem has been discussed informally with CIA which is the Agency primarily concornml t Jith the s-rave of forced comments circulating in Africa - in recent months agrees that action has had the desirable ins-act of avoiding to the USS std has given it 1a new to trace the origin of tliose documents They are therefore in agreement that MB should make requested pal ent we consider recalest unfortha - and sufficient to rake us very of sealing with him on matters of this type in the future but we nonetheless relieve that in the present circumstances we -- should m is the apnent The shares a frontier tarith Congo Erazzaville a break in our relations with the CAR anti a reo ucticn in our limital influence there hould'mean tit-lat there mould be tax countries on the Inrder of Zaire Lise-re we have an steal-to with t-zhieh eve eoulc a not lure relations Our efforts to maintain our position in the are therefore justified by our wider interests Embassatbr Ivfo'I'ioston his been closely with on the issue are in the circui'sirmoes 7 x-zould seem best to permit grate if it is authored L - That't ne Committee authorize $20 000 to be made available to Paarhassacior citesson to pass to President '0 1 i771 f 7 315' This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu