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421. Information Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ( Williams ) to Secretary of State Rusk

paak that training by the United States and Belgium alone would make both countries more vulnerable to Soviet and Afro-Asian propaganda attacks than if a number of other countries participated, and that if in addition to the countries already asked, Nigeria and two or three other Afro-Asian countries could sit on a Steering Group to coordinate training, Western vulnerability would be even further reduced. Spaak finally agreed to the establishment of some coordinating committee. This question will be pursued by the Belgian-American group now meeting in Brussels. Ambassador Stevenson is sending …