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511. Memorandum From the Department of State Executive Secretary ( Read ) to the President’s Special Assistant ( Rostow )

raft for the evacuation of American citizens and to the Congo Government, should it need it. Congo (Brazzaville) has strongly castigated the mercenary actions and pledged assistance, including troops if necessary, to help suppress the rebellion. The Nigerian Ambassador here has expressed the view of many of his colleagues in strongly condemning the mercenaries. The Somalis and Ethiopians have told us that they are horrified that foreign mercenaries are trying to disrupt the unity of the Congo. At the UN , the non-permanent members of the Security Council (including Ethiopia, Mali, and Nigeria)…

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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	1967-07-07
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/d511
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Record ID	`frus:frus1964-68v23/d511`

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511. Memorandum From the Department of State Executive Secretary ( Read ) to the President’s Special Assistant ( Rostow ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1967. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1964-68v23/d511.