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220. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ( Harriman ) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Bundy )

” See Document 226 . Washington , August 14, 1964 . SUBJECT Congo Soundings which Mr. Spaak and I have taken through Ambassadors in Brussels and Washington indicate an adverse reaction to a European force to intervene in the Congo. The Government of Nigeria has informed Mr. Tshombe that it would be willing to make a battalion available for Leopoldville only in December after the Nigerian elections, although other African participation could speed up this action. Prime Minister Balewa does not wish the troop question to become a Nigerian election issue unless he is sure of African support. Desp…

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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	1964-08-14
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XXIII, Congo, 1960–1968
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v23/d220
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Record ID	`frus:frus1964-68v23/d220`

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220. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ( Harriman ) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Bundy ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1964-68v23/d220.