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7. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs ( Allen ) to the Secretary of State

quired for this expansion being over and above that needed for existing posts. During the coming five years, we should probably plan to open at least five new consulates, in order to keep abreast of developments in French West Africa, the Cameroons, Nigeria, Uganda, Somaliland, to say nothing of northern and eastern Nigeria, northern Gold Coast, central Africa (whether the Congo, the Federation, or elsewhere), and Madagascar. We should make a special point of providing adequate accommodations and other living requirements for this staff, since the hazards of living in tropical Africa are unusu…

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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	1955-08-12
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Africa, Volume XVIII
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1955-57v18/d7
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Record ID	`frus:frus1955-57v18/d7`

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7. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs ( Allen ) to the Secretary of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1955-57v18/d7.