Office of the Historian

120. Memorandum From Secretary of State Shultz to President Reagan1

Washington, November 5, 1982

[Omitted here is material unrelated to Algeria.]

4. C–130s for Algeria. Larry Eagleburger called in the Algerian Ambassador today to convey the Administration’s decision to license the commercial sale of eight additional C–130s to Algeria.2 Eagleburger [Page 274] expressed our strong hope that the US and Algeria can work together toward building an improved bilateral relationship. Ambassador Yaker received the news of our decision with pleasure. He accepted Eagleburger’s proposal that we proceed with a serious discussion of the outstanding issues between us. (S)

  1. Source: Reagan Library, George Shultz Papers, President’s Evening Reading September–December 1982. Secret.↩
  2. A record of the Eagleburger-Yaker conversation is in telegram 315185 to Algiers, November 9. (Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D820581–0857)↩