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CIA Reading Room cia-rdp83-00586r000300260006-7: LETTER OF INFORMATION

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy-A-pproved for Release 2013/08/21 : CIA-R?DP83-00586R000300260006-7 24 July 1967 MLNIOBADIDUM FOR: Staff Personnel SUBJECT : Letter of Information GILIVEPAL 1. Nigerian Situation: The African Bureau was one hour ahead of Western press agencies in reporting the outbreak of civil war in Nigeria. As the Federal forces invaded the rebel Eastern Region, the African Bureau maintained a close watch on area radios and filed extensively, particularly from the "Biafran" Radio Enugu. The bureau also initiated a selective press scrutiny program of the New Nigerian, pub…