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244. Paper Prepared in the Office of West Coast and Malian Affairs

t secretly with President Maga of Dahomey about three weeks ago at Pusiga in northern Dahomey for the purpose of discussing the deteriorating relations between Nkrumah and President Olympio of Togo. Maga reported to his fellow chiefs of state at the Lagos Conference his belief that in the future his policy might be less aggressive. As a result of Maga’s initiative the Foreign Ministers of Ghana, Togo and Dahomey are now meeting in Cotonou. This may or may not lead to an eventual summit meeting between Nkrumah and Olympio. There is perhaps some reason to be hopeful but certainly not optimistic.…

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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	1962-02-12
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/d244
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Record ID	`frus:frus1961-63v21/d244`

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244. Paper Prepared in the Office of West Coast and Malian Affairs. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1962. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1961-63v21/d244.