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21. Response to National Security Study Memorandum 201

S sales). There are several reasons for the paucity of U.S. military supply to Africa. Most importantly, Africa proved not to be a fertile field for communist supported subversion or insurgency. Thus, with the exception of the Congo (K) (Zaire), and Nigeria, where separatist attempts threatened national unity after independence, the governments of the new nations had no need of massive military assistance to help them preserve their independence and territorial integrity. The former metropoles furnished most of the materiel and training for the small armed forces. Secondly, Ethiopia was the on…