179. Letter From President Carter to King Hassan II of Morocco1
I have been deeply concerned about the intensified military pressures you and your country have been facing in recent months. This situation is increasingly threatening to Morocco and to the stability of the region. As you know, I have decided on certain changes in our policies governing sales of military equipment to your armed forces which are designed to help you meet the immediate military situation.2
It is important that we be in close communication at this juncture. In particular, I am anxious to consider with you the scope of my decision, the purposes it is designed to serve, and how we may best proceed to implement it.
To that end I have asked Warren Christopher, the Deputy Secretary of State, to visit Rabat as soon as possible to meet with you.3 I hope that you will receive him and talk to him as freely and frankly as you would to me about the serious matters that so concern us both in this critical period.
Sincerely,
- Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders File, Box 13, Morocco: King Hassan II, 4/77–12/79. No classification marking.↩
- See Document 49.↩
- See Document 248.↩