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6. Letter From the Consul at Nairobi ( Barrow ) to the Representative at the Trusteeship Council ( Sears )

ence”, et cetera, we Americans seem to be promising more to the African than we are—in most areas—actually able to deliver. In so doing there is grave danger of creating disillusionment. One may well wish to talk of these things in the Gold Coast or Nigeria where they are on the point of fulfillment, but elsewhere we feel our public expressions and opinion should be geared to what we, as Americans, are actually in a position to accomplish or to persuade others to accomplish. In East Africa, for instance, we have advocated an all-out economic, social and educational campaign designed to raise t…