(For your file: Minutes of a meeting, White House Situation Room, 24 April 1974)

 Secretary Kissinger: It seems to me that we have to ask ourselves whether, over the long term, Ethiopia’s orientation is our problem. Do we try to influence events there or not?

Mr. Colby: What if the government turns out to be a success? If we did nothing–remained passive–and the government survived, we would be discredited. Read More…