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CIA Reading Room cia-rdp83-00586r000300260023-8: LETTER OF INFORMATION

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/21 : CIA-R-DP83-00586R000300260023-8 S-E-C-R-E-T 24 January 1966 MEMORANDUM FOR: Bureau Chiefs SUBJECT: Letter of Information GENERAL 50X1 1. Nigerian Coup: Following the 15 January army coup in Nigeria, the African Bureau was out of direct communication with FBIS Headquarters for nearly three days. Some hours after the coup, however, word was received from the U.S. Consul in Kaduna via Kano that all Americans were safe and well. A later message from Bureau Chief confirmed the staff's safety and reported that the African Bureau…