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122. Information Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs ( Richardson ) to Secretary of State Rogers

h country attributed the tour to your initiation and desire for strengthening relations. In 18 days of daily tennis exhibitions and coaching clinics with young African high school and university students, the tour of Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana produced the following results: Africans of all age groups were delighted with the personalities and professional skills of Ashe and Smith . One Nigerian summed it up like this: “Their presence enhanced American prestige in a human way quite different from your Moonrock space escapades and other technical achievements.” Ashe and 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	1970-12-18
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917–1972, Volume VIII, Public Diplomacy, 1969–1972
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1917-72PubDipv08/d122
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Record ID	`frus:frus1917-72PubDipv08/d122`

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122. Information Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs ( Richardson ) to Secretary of State Rogers. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1970. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1917-72PubDipv08/d122.