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229. Memorandum From Edward Hamilton of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant ( Rostow )

d for most of West Africa; the World Bank has undertaken to play a special role—welcomed by the African Bank—in promoting regional and subregional development of shared resources. Obviously, none of these hopeful developments obscures the tragedy of Nigeria, the chronic chaos in the Congo, or the dark portents of racial discrimination in the southern sixth of the continent. These problems will always be better fodder for headline-writers. But if one is to understand Africa, he must keep up with—and encourage—the hopeful forces at work behind the scenes. In the long haul, they will be at least …