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US not eager for military intervention in Sao Tome.

Europe Intelligence Wire

| July 17, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Agence France Presse)

The United States said it favored a "peaceful restoration" of the elected government of Sao Tome and Principe, implicitly dismissing the idea of a military intervention after the military takeover of the tiny west African archipelago.

The State Department also said it had not yet made a legal determination as to whether the ouster of president Fradique de Menezes on Wednesday had been a coup d'etat that would require a suspension of most US aid.

"Our emphasis right now is trying to achieve a peaceful restoration of democratic government, and that's what we're working with President Menezes and other diplomats to achieve," …

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