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172. Transcript of Telephone Conversation

logical File. No classification marking. President Nixon told his Assistant for National Security Affairs, Kissinger , that he believed Special Coordinator on Relief Ferguson and others were convinced that it was necessary to deal with Major General Gowon , Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria. They discussed the starvation crisis, and Nixon expressed his belief that neither the Department of State nor Ferguson cared. Washington , January 20, 1970, 2:43 p.m. P: Did I catch you while you are seeing Cabot? No, thatʼs all right, you can talk. Two things: One, I mentioned to him my …