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84. Circular Instruction From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions

II), adopted March 13, 1959, see U.N. doc. A 4090/Add.1. The plebiscite in the north will be held in mid-November 1959 and is expected to confirm the desire of the overwhelmingly Moslem population to remain an integral part of the northern region of Nigeria. In the south, the outcome is in considerable doubt, in as much as there is widespread sentiment in favor of some form of association with French Cameroun, which will become independent on January 1, 1960. The southern plebiscite will be held during the next dry session between the beginning of December 1959 and the end of April 1960. The a…