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The Consul at Accra ( Cole ) to the Department of State

had not invited nationalist figures from French possessions and that had simplified matters, since possible repercussions in the international field were avoided. Mr. Saloway added that Nkrumah had taken a poor view of certain remarks made by Nnamdi Azikiwe , the Nigerian nationalist leader who attended the Kumasi Conference at Nkrumah ’s invitation. On December 7 Nkrumah and Azikiwe spoke before a large audience in an Accra cinema. It appears that Nkrumah announced, inter alia , the proposed formation at the Conference of a West African Congress which would have its secretariat in Accra. Azik…

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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	1953-12-09
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Africa and South Asia, Volume XI, Part 1
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v11p1/d25
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Record ID	`frus:frus1952-54v11p1/d25`

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The Consul at Accra ( Cole ) to the Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1953. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1952-54v11p1/d25.