In a letter addressed to Foreign Secretary David Cameron, British MPs called on their government to declare its support for the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara. They noted that Morocco is a reliable ally of their country and a pivotal state for regional security.
In the early 1980s, King Hassan II turned the Polisario Front's military and diplomatic «victories» into defeats, a fact acknowledged by the separatist movement itself. In 1983, a CIA document returned on this aspect of the regional conflict.
A declassified 1984 CIA document reveals Algeria's efforts to bolster the Polisario Front by strengthening its ties with Iran and Syria. This move was seen as a response to the rapprochement between Morocco's King Hassan II and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the mid-1980s.