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

Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, Aides File, Walt W. Rostow , Vol. 29. Secret. The memorandum was passed to President Johnson with a May 31 covering note from Rostow at 7:50 p.m. Washington , May 31, 1967, 7 p.m. WWR: SUBJECT Nigeria situation report 1. After eleven months of slow deterioration—in which we played every card in our limited hand to maintain unity—the Eastern region declared itself the independent Republic of Biafra yesterday morning. 2. Gowon responded with a public statement that the East had committed an “act of rebellion” which “must be crushed.” (He l…

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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	1967-05-31
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/d387
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Record ID	`frus:frus1964-68v24/d387`

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387. Memorandum From Edward Hamilton of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant ( Rostow ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1967. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1964-68v24/d387.