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343. Memorandum of Conversation

n would have been much worse without American efforts. The Secretary believed it was important that there was a growing sentiment of moderation in the UN even among those who had formerly taken extreme views. As an example he cited the UAM group and Nigeria, who are preoccupied with the possibility of a situation of chaos and violence continuing on the African continent. The Secretary believed that this moderating tendency would soon carry weight. The Secretary also commented that it did not appear to him that the Portuguese cause had always been well presented. This was principally because th…