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260. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

negative. US abstention was greeted by audible gasp of surprise followed by diminishing murmur of whispered comments. Immediately after vote, Quaison-Sackey (Ghana) commented “How could you vote this way? You have no problem with colonies.” Ifeagwu (Nigeria) said he “couldn’t believe it, US abstention was incomprehensible.” He then asked, “Are you trying to commit political suicide?” Omar (Somalia) said he could understand our vote, but thought it unfortunate because most other Afro-Asians could not. He added “US now seems to stand publicly for ideals which seem contrary to basic American beli…

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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	1960-12-15
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, United Nations and General International Matters, Volume II
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v02/d260
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Record ID	`frus:frus1958-60v02/d260`

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260. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1960. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1958-60v02/d260.