At the same time. we have important economic. political. and strategic interests in black Africa. We are applying 80 percent of our assistance in Africa to economic development. We are encouraging the Africans to take a serious look at an even stronger source of economic developmentcooperation with the U.S. private sector. We are helping the Africans meet a humanitarian concern of overwhelming proportionsassistance to refugees. The Reagan administration does not approach the problems of Africa with covert intervention as its preferred method in Angola or elsewhere. But the United States cannot afford to tie its own hands while our global adversary has no such restrictions on it. and freely pursues its own interests.
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