[Dear Friend: We write to ask that you join is signing the enclosed public statement to the President opposing proposed United States arms sales to Morocco.]

Public Statement on U.S. Policy & the Western Sahara

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Creator

Jennifer Davis; Randall Robinson; American Committee on Africa; TransAfrica

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

May 18, 1982

Type of Item

Mailing

Length/duration

3 pages

Description

Mailing asking people to sign a public statement to the President opposing the Reagan administration's request to Congress to increase U.S. arms sales to Morocco from $30 million to $100 million. The mailing says the arms will most likely be used by Morocco in its military occupation of the Western Sahara, where the majority population is denied the right of self-determination. The mailing says such arms sales would belie U.S. claims to neutrality in the conflict and would involve the United States on the wrong side of an internationally-recognized struggle for independence. Po1isario, the liberation movement of the Western Sahara founded in 1973 to fight for independence from Spanish co1onial...

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Publisher

American Committee on Africa

Organization

American Committee on Africa
TransAfrica

Coverage Africa

Morocco
Western Sahara

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).

Collection

George M. Houser Africa collection, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections