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

ixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 13, Presidentʼs Daily Briefs. Nixon wrote on page 2, “What does State suggest we do?” Kissinger informed the President that the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) had ceased direct relief to Biafra and would channel its funds, food stocks, and equipment (including U.S. donated aircraft) to French and Scandinavian Red Cross agencies operating out of Sao Tome and Libreville. Washington , November 11, 1969 INFORMATION ITEMS [Omitted here is discussion unrelated to Nigeria.] — Red Cross Ceases Direct Relief to Biafra : Red Cross officials …