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258. Conversation Between President Nixon and the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger )

just like Burundi. The State—Newsomʼs attitude—the attitude of State is to be for whatever black government is in power. Is my—right or wrong? Kissinger : One hundred percent right. Nixon : And that was—and that, basically Henry, was the problem on Nigeria. Now frankly, I was on the side of the Biafras then. Not just—not because of Catholics. And you were too. Not because of Catholics but—State was on the side of the Nigerian government. Why? Because they said, well, “all the other governments would come apart.” Well frankly, Iʼm almost to the opinion myself—and this is far down the road, we n…

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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	1972-09-24
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969–1972
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve05p1/d258
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76ve05p1/d258`

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258. Conversation Between President Nixon and the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1972. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76ve05p1/d258.