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68. Paper Prepared in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
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Lot 61 D 91, Memoranda, 1959) The paper was revised to reflect Cyprus’ probable admission to the United Nations. Washington , March 4, 1959 . ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS TO THE UNITED NATIONS Prospective Candidates 1. Somaliland (independence 1960) 2. Nigeria (independence 1960) (po…
84. Circular Instruction From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
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II), adopted March 13, 1959, see U.N. doc. A 4090/Add.1. The plebiscite in the north will be held in mid-November 1959 and is expected to confirm the desire of the overwhelmingly Moslem population to remain an integral part of the northern region of Nigeria. In the south, the out…
89. Circular Airgram From the Department of State to All Diplomatic and Consular Posts
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rk on September 15, 1959. The United States has always regarded the United Nations as a keystone of its foreign policy. Since its foundation in 1945, the United Nations has grown from 51 to 82 members. Four new states will become independent in 1960—Nigeria, Somaliland, French To…
92. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
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e United States intended to raise at the 14th General Assembly the issue of Vietnamese admission to the United Nations. ( Ibid .) ). However, US prepared, as in case ROK , raise matter again when new applications next considered (Togoland, Cameroun, Nigeria and Somaliland schedul…
14. Memorandum of Conversation
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fricanism”. Against this background, the efforts of the Western Powers to help the new developed areas to find themselves assumed a crucial urgency. Some great and imaginative steps forward had already been taken for example in the French community, Nigeria and the Belgian Congo.…
17. National Intelligence Estimate
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ependent states of Liberia, Ghana, and Guinea; the 11 republics formerly federated in French West and French Equatorial Africa and now autonomous members of the French Community; the UN Trust Territories of Togo and Cameroun; the British colonies of Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Gam…
297. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, China, Volume XIX
the Office of Chinese Affairs; cleared by Green and with NEA, AF , SOA, and IO / UNP ; and approved by Parsons . Sent to Addis Ababa, Conakry, and Tunis and pouched to Accra, Cairo, Benghazi, Rabat, Khartoum, Jidda, Baghdad, Taiz, Monrovia, Taipei, Lagos, Dakar, Yaounde, Dar es S…
220. Editorial Note
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1. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant ( Holmes ) to Secretary of State Dulles
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me of overall applicability such as the Loi-Cadre. However, there is the declared policy of HMG to lead dependent territories toward self-government as rapidly as they are capable of accepting that responsibility. Progress varies widely from that in Nigeria which will probably be…
3. Report by the Operations Coordinating Board
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aking it clear that we are not trying to supplant the metropoles.” The importance of this admonition is borne out by the report which stresses the existence of metropolitan suspicion, in varying degree and form, throughout the area. In places such a Nigeria where there is no whit…
76. Editorial Note
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289. Editorial Note
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-power draft resolution was rejected by 42 votes to 28, with 27 abstentions. Of the African countries, only the Congo (Léopoldville) and South Africa joined the United States in opposing the resolution; Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, and the…
296. Telegram From the Embassy in Ghana to the Department of State
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sources that Prime Minister and associates highly pleased with US trip. Is now clear that Prime Minister’s foremost objectives on domestic front are construction of power dam (smelter of only secondary interest) and large number of factories before Nigeria becomes independent. Fo…
18. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club Conference Room, Bermuda, March 23, 1957, 10:30 a.m.
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e impractical. He added that the United States had tried to be forthcoming in its assistance programs in this area. Selwyn Lloyd referred to the West Coast of Africa and said that steady progress was being made toward independent states [ status ?]. Nigeria would follow the model…
19. Report by the Vice President
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Africa, Volume XVIII
ds from the Congress. In Fiscal Year 1957, Consulates were opened in Kampala, Uganda; Yaoundé, French Cameroon; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; and Mogadiscio, Somalia. In Fiscal Year 1958, it was hoped that funds would be available to establish Consulates at Kaduna, Nigeria; Tananarive, M…
21. Circular Instruction From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Africa, Volume XVIII
ular Offices Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.00/7–1057. Confidential. Sent to Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Algiers, Brussels, Cairo, Capetown, Casablanca, Dakar, Dar Es Salaam, Durban, Elisabethville, Johannesburg, Kampala, Khartoum, Lagos, Leopoldville, Lisbon, L…
24. National Security Council Report
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Africa UN Trust Territories Cameroons (British) Cameroons (French) Togoland (French) Ruanda Urundi (Belgian) Tanganyika (British) South West Africa (South African Mandate) British Possessions, Protectorates, etc. Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Nigeria Sierra Leone High Comm…
46. Despatch From the Consulate General at Dakar to the Department of State
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52. Despatch From the Consulate General at Nairobi to the Department of State
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there has had similar training. Both therefore qualify under recommendation (6) above. Additionally, we have just learned that the Foreign Service Institute is hopeful of starting a seminar on African studies for Foreign Service personnel at Accra, Lagos or Kampala. The one place…
143. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, July 1, 1957
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Liberian products for which no market can be found in the West. Mr. Tolbert said that at that time he had neglected to mention to the President the problem of palm oil, which Liberia used to sell in Western Europe but which is now being replaced by Nigerian and French West Africa…
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