International records / Foreign Relations of the United States

93. Memorandum From USIA Public Affairs Officer William Gordon to the Assistant Director, Africa, United States Information Agency ( Roberts )

53–1969, Entry UD WW 266, Box 315, Civil Rights & Race Relations (to 1966). No classification marking. Roberts sent the memorandum to Sorensen under an undated note in which he commented that IAA had utilized Gordon , “our hotshot Branch PAO Eastern Nigeria,” to research the feasibility of “some displays or exhibits on integrated racial themes.” Roberts and others had assumed that a “wealth of material” existed in USIA on this topic; he concluded that, based on Gordon ’s memorandum, this was an erroneous assumption. He continued: “We have been concerned that a lot of basic agency material does…