412. Editorial Note
September 11–16, 1983, Vice President George H.W. Bush visited North Africa to discuss bilateral issues, the status of the Middle East peace negotiations, and the conflict in Western Sahara. Bush visited Morocco September 11–13, Algeria September 13–15, and Tunisia September 15–16 before departing for Yugoslavia. For a record of his September 12 meeting with King Hassan II of Morocco, see Document 26. On September 14, Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ibrahimi gave Bush “further details of the Bendjedid-Hassan Feb 26 meeting and stressed Algeria’s desire to find a peaceful solution” to the conflict in the Western Sahara. (Telegram 3943 from Algiers, September 15; Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830534–0254) The subject of the Western Sahara was not raised during Bush’s September 14 meeting with Algerian Prime Minister Mohamed Abdelghani. A record of that conversation is printed as Document 130. A record of his September 15 meeting with Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Mzali is printed as Document 27. For the full text of Bush’s statements, addresses, and remarks during the North African portion of his trip, see Department of State Bulletin, November 1983, pages 10–15.