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EUROPEAN BRIEF 160-75.4

160-75.Y 1- NIGERIA : THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT HEADED BY BRIGADIER MUHAMMED HAS BEGUN TO IMPLEMENT ... ITS RECENTLY UNVEILED FIVE-STAGE PROGRAM TO RETURN NIGERIA TO CIVILIAN RULE BY 1979. LAST WEEK THE REGIME ... PRIOR TO JANUARY 1966 WHEN NIGERIA 'S FIRST MILITARY REGIME CAME TO POWER. AMONG THOSE NAMED ARE TWO ...