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153. Memorandum from Roger Morris of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger )

of Congress, Manuscripts Division, Kissinger Papers, Box TS SCI 17, Memoranda to the President, Jan–April 1970. Secret. Morris expressed his concern over the possibility of genocide by the Federal army and his desire for an armistice that recognized Biafra. Washington , January 10, 1970 SUBJECT: Points on Biafran Crisis 1. Geographically, there is no real escape for the Biafrans. Their major population centers—between the Imo and Niger Rivers—are completely surrounded by Federal forces and hundreds of miles from international boundaries across largely impassable country. Thus, the French propo…