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94. Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State

d been sounded out informally, none had indicated a desire to attend. Yugos felt, it was inferred, that this could not have been the case had our attitude been other than unfavorable. The same applied, I gathered, in case of South American invitees. Nigeria, they told us, had now definitely declined to attend. They did not suspect US of having made direct representations to Nigerians, but they could only view Nigeria’s answer in light of Sir Abubakar ’s presence in US at time it was given, and felt that position had clearly been taken in deference to American position. In his reply to these va…