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368. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State

Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–9 NIGERIA. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Passed to the White House. Manila , October 27, 1966, 0220Z . 4645. Secto 23. For Acting Secretary From Secretary. Regarding Mathews ’ recommendations Telegram 3120 from Lagos, October 26, reported Mathews ’ recommendations that he be authorized to inform Ojukwu that in the event of a unilateral secession the East could expect neither recognition nor support from the U.S. Government and that, unless Ojukwu could give assurances that the East would not secede, U.S. citizens would be advised to leave the East and U.S…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1966-10-26
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XXIV, Africa
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v24/d368
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Record ID	`frus:frus1964-68v24/d368`

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368. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1966. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1964-68v24/d368.