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45. Memorandum of Conversation

Information concerning Williams ’ arrival statement in Nairobi and the controversy it engendered is scheduled for publication in volume XXI . and pointed out that despite this, Governor Williams had been given an unfriendly reception by the press in Lagos. The President also expressed his surprise and puzzlement over receipt of a recent personal message from Sekou Toure accusing him of complicity in Lumumba ’s murder. A February 14 telegram from Guinean President Sekou Toure to Kennedy , referring to Lumumba ’s murder, stated, “This unspeakable crime destroys the hope that African nationalism …

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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	1961-03-08
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XX, Congo Crisis
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v20/d45
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45. Memorandum of Conversation. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1961-63v20/d45.