273. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Morocco1
28881.
Washington, January 30, 1988, 0203Z
SUBJECT
- FY 88 Security Assistance Allocations for Morocco: Special Talking Points.
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- Confidential—Entire text.
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- You will have received by septel final FY 88 security assistance figures for all countries and
extensive talking points for briefing host governments.2 The following points
may also be used in briefing the GOM on the unique features of the Moroccan FY 88 program:
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- Morocco did exceptionally, almost uniquely, well in a period of major retrenchment;
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- Morocco’s FY 88 ESF, MAP, and FMS total 72 million dollars compared with 54 million dollars in FY 87;
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- In comparison, the administration’s overall request was cut 14 percent and the net after earmarks was a 93 percent cut;
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- In 30 countries, security assistance will be eliminated; nearly all countries, including very important ones, will take massive cuts. For example, our ESF request for Turkey of 120 million was cut to 32. The actual Turkish program in 87 was 100 million. Jordan will receive 26.5 million of a requested 40 million, a substantial cut from the 39.9 million FY 87 actual level;
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- In sum, these results show, if it needed to be shown, the high regard with which Morocco is held in the U.S.
Shultz
- Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880081–0376. Confidential; Immediate. Drafted by Ralph Winstanley (NEA/AFN); cleared by William McGlynn (NEA/ECON), Ralph Boyce (D), Benjamin Pascoe (S/S), and Carolyn Huggins (S/S–O); approved by Ussery.↩
- In telegram 29684 to Vienna, February 4, which repeated telegram 29684 to all American Republic diplomatic posts, February 3, the Department outlined the approved FY 88 security assistance allocations. (Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880624–0215)↩