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Memorandum of Conversation, by an Adviser of the United States Delegation to the Trusteeship Council ( McKay )
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, United Nations Affairs, Volume III
is had asked the French Delegation to raise an objection to the fact that Mr. Sears ’ statements on the French Cameroons and French Togoland in the Trusteeship Council were being publicized in West Africa by the United States Information Officers in Lagos and Accra. Mr. Huré said…
Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Office of Dependent Area Affairs ( Robbins ) to a Special Assistant in the Bureau of United Nations Affairs ( Fierst )
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, United Nations Affairs, Volume III
t to the USIA posts in the Middle East and Africa. In our opinion, these stories have given a balanced presentation of Mr. Sears ’ statements. In addition, we understand that the full text of Mr. Sears ’ statements have been sent to USIA officers in Lagos and Accra. Mr. Strong ha…
Memorandum by the United States Representative on the Trusteeship Council ( Sears ) to the Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs ( Key )
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, United Nations Affairs, Volume III
a This memorandum will report some of the reactions and impressions received during a recent visit to West Africa. My journey began at Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo and continued on through French Equatorial Africa, French and British Cameroons, Nigeria, French and British To…
The British Ambassador ( Makins ) to the Secretary of State
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rial Africa French West Africa Cameroons under British trusteeship Cameroons under French trusteeship Belgian Congo Gold Coast Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gambia Portuguese Guinea Cape Verde Islands Islands of Principe and Sao Thome Liberia Nigeria Sierra Leone Togoland…
The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Leopoldville
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Africa and South Asia, Volume XI, Part 1
110.11/9–1454: Telegram The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Leopoldville This telegram was also sent as 18 to Accra, 39 to Casablanca, 18 to Lagos, 29 to Nairobi, 11 to Rabat, 35 to Tangier, and 7 to Tunis. This telegram was drafted by John A. Bovey, Jr. , of NEA/P…
Memorandum by the Vice Consul at Leopoldville ( Drew )
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Africa, They maintain that the French Cameroon people desire political independence as a whole; that they would not be influenced politically by neighbors, although they might be affected economically, more by F.E.A. than by the British Cameroon or Nigeria. Mr. Sears did not get…
Memorandum of Conversation, by Jerome R. Lavallee of the Office of African Affairs
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itish and French areas in West Africa. Mr. Utter pointed out that we had no Information Office in French West Africa. However, he was certain that our Consul, Mr. Ferguson , at Dakar would be very glad to forward to our Information Offices either at Lagos or Accra such informatio…
The Consul General at Dakar ( Ferguson ) to Jerome R. Lavallee of the Office of African Affairs
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cial sources. They can be shown the geographic absurdity of distant Dakar being responsible for an area where two full fledged American Consulates General are immediately across the borders. Tactically, it might be better to ask the French to permit Lagos rather than Accra to be…
The Secretary of State to Vice President Nixon
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745H.00/9–2454 The Secretary of State to Vice President Nixon [ Washington ,] October 6, 1954 . Dear Mr. Vice President : Reference is made to the Joint Resolution of the Congress to extend greetings to the Gold Coast and Nigeria Joint Resolution 183, which was passed unanimously…
The Consul General at Salisbury ( Steere ) to the Director of the Office of African Affairs ( Utter )
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ay that the decision to form a Federation strikes me, above all, as having been a bold and imaginative action aimed primarily, with Southern Rhodesia as an anchor, at preventing Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland from going the way of the Gold Coast or Nigeria—or Kenya. 2. The Feder…
The Secretary of State to All Diplomatic Posts
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, The Geneva Conference, Volume XVI
396.1 GE/3–554: Circular telegram The Secretary of State to All Diplomatic Posts Drafted by Jaeger of P . Also sent to the Consulates General at Hong Kong, Singapore, Accra, Algiers, Dakar, Lagos, Leopoldville, Lorenço Marques, Nairobi, Salisbury, and Tunis, and to the Consulate…
Memorandum Prepared in the Office of Dependent Area Affairs
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, United Nations Affairs, Volume III
to speed up the processing of visa applications of those who had been granted oral hearings by the Fourth Committee and a rather extensive exchange of cables resulted on this between the Department of State and the field (Accra, Paris. Rome, Dakar, Lagos, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Leop…
The Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, United Nations Affairs, Volume III
tain Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices Sent to 43 diplomatic missions for action and for information to five diplomatic missions (Moscow, Praha, Warsaw, Guatemala, and Rome) and six consular posts (Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Dakar, Leopoldville, Lagos, and Accra). restricted…
The Consul at Accra ( Cole ) to the Department of State
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viduals who for many years have been struggling against each other for supremacy in their respective areas. Some of the delegates mentioned include Gabriel d’Arboussier , Abdoulaye Diallo , I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson , Dr. Bankole Bright , Dr. Obafemi Awolowo , Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe ,…
International President, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ( Randolph ) to President Eisenhower
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his own country and from the fulfillment of his responsibilities to his own people is a challenge to our democratic faith and our moral principles, both Christian and humanitarian. 10. That the pledged word of Great Britain to grant independence to Nigeria in 1956 be kept and tha…
Memorandum Prepared by the Officer in Charge of West, Central, and East Africa Affairs ( Feld )
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political stability in this enormous and diverse area would be very adverse to the interests of the United States. It is obvious that the rapidity with which developments are taking place in the British West African territories of the Gold Coast and Nigeria (population 5,000,000…
Address by the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs ( Byroade ), October 31, 1953
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situation of a territory in relation to its neighbors, and the political maturity of the people and their leaders. I believe this approach is paying dividends. In all British areas there now exists a considerable amount of autonomy at local levels. Nigeria and the Gold Coast, for…
The Director, Office of Transportation and Communications Policy ( Barringer ) to the Director, Bureau of Air Operations, Civil Aeronautics Board ( Fitzgerald )
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hdrawal of Pan American’s service would be interpreted as an indication of lessening American interest. It would most likely result in an approach to other non-British countries for moral and material support. A similar attitude could be expected in Nigeria and Sierra Leone which…
The Consul at Accra ( Cole ) to the Department of State
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nference”. COPAIO itself is not, however, involved in the Kumasi meeting, which may to some extent represent a move on Nkrumah ’s part to seize the initiative from COPAIO. So far as the Ministry is aware, Nkrumah has invited some 11 “delegates” from Nigeria; six from Sierra Leone…
The Consul at Accra ( Cole ) to the Department of State
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g conference West African nationalists at Kumasi, December 5 and 6. This evidently an abridged version of proposed meeting mentioned my despatch 151, May 22. About 30 persons believed invited from 4 British colonies and Liberia. Amongst invitees are Awolowo and Azikiwe , although…
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