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271. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant ( Rostow ) to President Johnson

olicy, and become good neighbors toward the rest of Africa as well as the West. Ghana is now a voice for reason and moderation in the UN and the Organization of African Unity. ( Ankrah is a prominent and respected member of the OAU mediation team on Nigeria.) The General’s only problem with our policy on Vietnam is that it is too soft to suit him—he may well ask you why we are not using nuclear weapons. Most important, Ankrah and his colleagues haven’t behaved like the usual military dictatorship. They’ve restored some political rights; they’ve convened a citizen’s committee to draft a new con…