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149. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

lso because likely charter pilots would not be prepared fly into Elisabethville. Furthermore desired send five armed personnel carriers from Léopoldville which are urgently needed in Elisabethville and cannot be lifted in C–119 aircraft. 3. Alerting Nigerian battalion in Léopoldville for move to Elisabethville to be carried by UN aircraft as far as possible but might ask for USAF assistance as well. 4. Swedish Sabes and Indian Canberras alerted to go in after first light tomorrow with principal targets troop movements toward Elisabethville from Jadotville, plus others to be designated by local…

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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	1961-12-05
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/d149
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Record ID	`frus:frus1961-63v20/d149`

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149. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1961-63v20/d149.