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33. Memorandum of Discussion at the 456th Meeting of the National Security Council

that it will not support them. The U.S. was working with the French, trying to keep them in a position of supporting their ex-colonies; this was presently their own policy. The position with respect to the British areas was at present satisfactory. Nigeria was now independent and Sierra Leone would become independent early in 1961. This would leave only East Africa in a dependent status. Whether East African territories, as they become independent, will be as friendly to the British as West African territories was a real question, Secretary Dillon indicated. Summing up, Secretary Dillon stated…

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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	1960-08-18
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Africa, Volume XIV
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v14/d33
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Record ID	`frus:frus1958-60v14/d33`

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33. Memorandum of Discussion at the 456th Meeting of the National Security Council. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1960. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1958-60v14/d33.