Date:

8 August 2005

Author(s):

George W. BushOmar Hassan al-Bashir (President of Sudan)Gamal Helal (interpreter)Susan Brockhaus, Jeff Blair, and Michael Chapman (notetakers)

Classification Level:

Confidential

Description:

Bush urges Bashir to include the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement in peace talks and congratulates him on his efforts in selecting a vice president. Bashir states that U.S./UN sanctions against Sudan for not making peace are encouraging the rebels to keep fighting rather than to work towards peace.

Citation:

National Security Council, Executive Office of the President.Memorandum of Telephone Conversation between the President and President Bashir.Susan Brockhaus, Jeff Blair, and Michael Chapman.8 August 2005.