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247. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 16, 1960
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, United Nations and General International Matters, Volume II
expense of the Security Council might be reversed. However, Mr. Merchant said, it is too early to give up hope that the General Assembly may become a more useful and stable organ after the new African leaders acquire experience in UN procedures and Nigeria and the new French comm…
251. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, United Nations and General International Matters, Volume II
ble right for all dependent peoples. It also clear from context earlier debate on allocation of item that ASAF ’s consider their resolution more as declaration of conscience than as operating resolution. Sponsorship, which includes Liberia, Iran and Nigeria, is also factor in res…
252. Circular Airgram From the Department of State to All Diplomatic and Consular Missions
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f serious concern, especially since Cameroun, Togo, Malagasy, Congo (Brazzaville) and Senegal had recognized GRC and Entente and Central African states had been regarded as sympathetic. Dept particularly disappointed by votes of Cyprus, Ethiopia and Nigeria. Ethiopia’s negative v…
260. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State
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negative. US abstention was greeted by audible gasp of surprise followed by diminishing murmur of whispered comments. Immediately after vote, Quaison-Sackey (Ghana) commented “How could you vote this way? You have no problem with colonies.” Ifeagwu (Nigeria) said he “couldn’t bel…
206. Current Economic Developments
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Executive Directors who would bring it before the Governors upon completion of their studies and recommendations (without necessarily waiting until the next annual meeting). As usual, the Governors considered the annual reports of the institutions. Nigeria’s applications for memb…
312. Memorandum of Conversation
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eir estimation this should take place sometime between 1965 and 1970, which is similar to the view currently expressed by the large American oil companies. In this connection, they informed me they had recently found substantial quantities of oil in Nigeria. Nine out of their las…
ETA–45. Memorandum of Conference With the President, by His Staff Secretary (Goodpaster)
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sage, See the editorial note, Document ETA–47 . and leave the development of details until after he had met with the bi-partisan group. [Here follows discussion of issues related to the Congo, Tri–Partite Arrangements, Arms Sales to NATO Allies, and Nigeria.]
280. Memorandum of Conversation
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Western Europe, Volume VII, Part 2
aith and good intentions. He felt we would probably never succeed with respect to Guinea, that we would have troubles with Ghana and that the Congo was a question mark. He suggested to Mr. Segni that he should seek to see Prime Ministers Abubakar of Nigeria and Olympio of Togo as…
291. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower
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rica. The President said he might have done so himself had the Vice President been elected President. However, were he to make a trip to Africa now, it would look as if he were asking one last round of applause. He nurses a private ambition to visit Nigeria, which is the largest…
331. Memorandum of Conversation
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in United Nations voting, since it is hard to see how any country of Africa south of the Sahara could vote along with France on any question touching Africa or colonialism. Once the Algerian problem is settled, there would be no African voting bloc. Nigeria and the former French…
21. Memorandum of Discussion at the 432d Meeting of the National Security Council
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bid ., pp. 879 – 885 . The Vice President said the British had told him that Ghana, although the most viable nation in Africa, had only a 50 per cent chance for an orderly development. The British anticipated that in many countries of Africa such as Nigeria, a South American patt…
23. Memorandum of Discussion at the 438th Meeting of the National Security Council
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ns. Countries such as the U.K. were not interested in providing assistance to Latin America, which was regarded as a U.S. preserve, but the U.K. had great interest in Africa. Prime Minister Macmillan after his trip to Africa Macmillan visited Ghana, Nigeria, the Central African F…
26. Memorandum of Conversation
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’s planning. He saw no need to revise DLF ’s policies or procedures for Africa. DLF was prepared to send a mission to Africa to work out techniques and procedures which would be in harmony with DLF ’s existing policies. He noted that Tanganyika and Nigeria might be examples where…
27. National Security Council Report
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onomous members of the French Community (Dahomey, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, the Mali Federation of Senegal and Soudan, Niger, Voltaic Republic, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, and Gabon); the UN Trust Territory of Togo; the British colonies of Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Gam…
28. Memorandum of Discussion at the 441st Meeting of the National Security Council
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sided at the meeting. The following remarks were made during the discussion of item 4, “Future NSC Agenda Items.”] Mr. Lay asked whether there were any other suggestions for new agenda items. The Vice President said he had an obsession about Africa. Nigeria, Togo and a host of ot…
33. Memorandum of Discussion at the 456th Meeting of the National Security Council
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that it will not support them. The U.S. was working with the French, trying to keep them in a position of supporting their ex-colonies; this was presently their own policy. The position with respect to the British areas was at present satisfactory. Nigeria was now independent and…
38. Instruction From the Department of State to Various Diplomatic Posts and Missions
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ng Deputy Director of the U.S. Disarmament Administration, Edmund A. Gullion, who approved it; and cleared with representatives of AF , S/P , RA , IO , S/S , and in draft with DOD/ISA . Sent to Abidjan, Bamako, Brazzaville, Conakry, Dakar, Freetown, Lagos, Leopoldville, Lomé, Lon…
72. Telegram From the Consulate General at Lagos to the Department of State
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73. Telegram From the Consulate General at Lagos to the Department of State
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74. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower
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aid the situation is further complicated by the fact that some territories speak French and some speak English. Mr. Olympio said the French grouping of nations can generally work together, Guinea being the outstanding exception. He would like to see Nigeria and Ghana, the English…
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