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Mengistu Haile-Mariam

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April 4, 1978	Memorandum on Soviet Reaction to Libyan Proposal on Somali-Ethiopian Conflict A memo prepared by the SED on a Libyan proposal for a political settlement of the Somali-Ethiopian war
April 19, 1978	Draft Letter from Honecker to Brezhnev on Ethiopian-Eritrean Talks, 19 April 1978 The letter is written by Honecker to inform Brezhnev about talks that were held between Aforki (Eritrea) and Mengistu (Ethiopia). The talks focused on the development of autonomy for the Eritreans.
September 29, 1977	Attachement to the memorandum of conversation with Ethiopian Foreign Secretary Dawit Wolde Giorgis. Memorandum on US Operation "Fakel" [Torch], which the United States was supposedly planning in order to destabilize the Ethiopian regime. It involved the arming of internal opposition groups with US weapons. This report was attached to the memorandum of conversation with Ethiopian Foreign Secretary Dawit Wolde Giorgis.
September 5, 1977	Memorandum of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Ethiopia Ratanov and Mengistu Memorandum of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Ethiopia Ratanov and Mengistu regarding fighting between Ethiopian and Somali forces and Ethiopia’s support of the People’s Independent Movement in Djibouti
September 10, 1977	Soviet Ambassador to Ethiopia A.P. Ratanov, Memorandum of Meeting with Mengistu Soviet Ambassador to Ethiopia A.P. Ratanov, memorandum of meeting with Mengistu with heads of diplomatic missions for the European socialist countries regarding the "imperialist" plot on the part of the US and other countries to overthrow the Ethiopian government
September 14, 1977	Memorandum of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to Ethiopia A.P. Ratanov and Ethiopian Foreign Minister Feleke Gedle-Giorgis Ratanov and Giorgis discuss the reactions of various countries to the news of the Ethiopian Revolution. They also talk about the war going on with Somalia and various other events going on in the Horn of Africa.
September 29, 1977	Memorandum of Conversation with Ethiopian Foreign Secretary Dawit Wolde Giorgis, 17 September 1977 The memorandum concerns an Operation named Torch, which the United States was supposedly planning in order to destabilize the Ethiopian regime. It involved the arming of internal opposition groups with US weapons.
November 7, 1977	Conversation between F. Trappen and K. Brutents (excerpts) The conversation focuses on the problems that Ethiopia is encountering with the Eritrean Liberation Movement
November 8, 1977	CPSU CC to SED CC, Information on 30-31 October 1977 Closed Visit of Mengistu Haile Mariam to Moscow The memo concerns the visit of Mariam to Moscow and his meeting with the Central Committee. During the meeting he described the problems facing the Ethiopian regime, primarily the war with Somalia and relations with the other countries in the Horn of Africa.
December 7, 1977	Memorandum of Conversation, East German Official with Soviet Ambassador to Ethiopia Ratanov The memo details a conversation between Ratanov and an East German official. The talk covered the ongoing war with Somalia and the internal political situation of Ethiopia