Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Libby and Jim congratulating them for the 'big event'. He's enclosing a check so they could buy whatever they need as their wedding present. He then asks how things are in Morocco and if Mrs. John Ferguson reached out yet, as they're their old friends and if not she might eventually contact.

This report discusses how Morocco and the independence-seeking Popular Front for the Liberation of Saqiat al Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario) have been vying for control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory, since the 1970s. The report discusses recent settlement attempts, as well as how the Western Sahara issue has affected Algerian-Moroccan bilaterial relations, Moroccan relations with the African Union, and regional cooperation on economic and security issues. The report also discusses the United States' involvement in and stance on the issue.