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236. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Chad

cided not to go through with the Volta River Project. (Ibid., 845J.2624/10-461) requested judgments African posts re likely local reaction U.S. decision against Volta River Project. Replies to date as follows: Probable adverse reactions predicted in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Togo and Morocco; varying degrees of approval or uncritical reaction in Liberia, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Niger, Upper Volta and Madagascar; divided or uncertain opinion in Congo (L). Adverse reactions predicted on basis charges we apply political strings and indifferent to Africa’s development needs. Aswan “debacle” would be cited…

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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	1961-10-10
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XXI, Africa
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v21/d236
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Record ID	`frus:frus1961-63v21/d236`

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236. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Chad. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1961-63v21/d236.