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45. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) to President Nixon

ixon Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 1, HAK Memoranda to the President, February 1969. Secret. Sent for action. The memorandum is an unsigned copy. Morris drafted both the memorandum and the attached letter to Gowon . The latter is a copy marked with an indication that the President signed the original. Kissinger recommended that Nixon sign an attached letter to Major General Gowon , Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, which stressed U.S. humanitarian interest in Nigeria and U.S. desire to avoid political involvement as much as possible.…

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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	1969-02-21
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969–1972
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve05p1/d45
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76ve05p1/d45`

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45. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ) to President Nixon. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76ve05p1/d45.