... the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the United Nations, to denounce the atrocities in Burundi gave a green light to other African governments wishing to use a "final solution" to historical intertribal rivalries. Ambassador Melady proposed to the U.S. State Department a three-pronged approach to stopping the genocide in Burundi. The United States should work first through direct contacts with African leaders, then through ... -states, exhibited a paranoia about their independence and national security, and African leaders saw malevolent plots by the West against their independence...

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