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72. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ( Easum ) to Secretary of State Kissinger

it is in no position to judge the military feasibility of an OAU strike against the Portuguese in Portuguese Guinea, but points out that such military action would be of political value to the OAU in contributing to its cohesiveness and would crown Gowon ’s and Nigeria’s ambitions to move into the forefront of African leadership. Embassy Conakry believes that OAU support for the military liberation of Guinea-Bissau is more likely to be in the form of military aid to the PAIGC , and increased OAU pressure on the Soviet Bloc and Western European countries to provide more and/or greater military …

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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	1974-02-01
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–6, Documents on Africa, 1973–1976
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve06/d72
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76ve06/d72`

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72. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ( Easum ) to Secretary of State Kissinger. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1974. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76ve06/d72.