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77. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications ( O’Connell ) to President Johnson

n financing by the U.S. Government to African nations; b The early provision by the International ComSat Consortium of suitable additional satellites with the U.S. Government financing aid, if needed, to those African nations, initially Ethiopia and Nigeria, which can be furnished assistance without raising serious international problems. The consensus strongly favors alternative b above for the following reasons: —Much lower costs to the United States. —The NASA Apollo Program communications service negotiations with ComSat Corporation (the International Consortium) will provide required sate…

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