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77. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower
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81. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower
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year or more—by which time the situation may have gone against us. The President said he thought the large number of small countries in this area did not make good sense. He wondered whether several of these could combine, such as Togo, Dahomey and Nigeria. Mr. Dillon said that D…
82. Telegram From the Embassy in Ghana to the Department of State
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er 6, 1960, noon . 551. From Henderson . Between October 19 and November 22, Henderson visited Cameroun, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Congo (Brazzaville), Dahomey, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Malagasy Republic, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone…
83. Telegram From the Embassy in Cameroun to the Department of State
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onsible and still greater effort seems imperative. Political leadership in both countries is old and younger elements are restive. The tawdry towns of Monrovia and Freetown are not helpful in showing US and UK support for small African countries. 5. Nigeria still looks good and b…
87. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations
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nds and at best incites them to belief blackmail may be best tactic where we concerned.” ( Ibid .) We aware advisability moving quickly assist pro-Western African states and, in addition Mali, have given authority our Embassies in Togo, Cameroun and Nigeria open negotiations TC b…
88. Memorandum of Conversation
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te of 89 to 0 with 9 abstentions, including the United States. The Congo, said Prime Minister Dia, is an example of what he meant. There is reason to believe that Belgium’s sudden grant of independence was responsible for current difficulties there. Nigeria had had an opportunity…
135. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower
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uest, we should try to get Hammarskjold to say that no troops other than those requested by the United Nations will be allowed to come in. Mr. Herter commented that one measure of control that is being sought by the UN is to set up a staging area in Nigeria through which all inco…
213. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
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Dayal , and insistence Russians and Belgians or others desist from giving aid outside UN . It is of utmost importance that African opinion be exerted. Although Nkrumah is at the moment being difficult, British pressure may bring him into line again. Nigeria when independent will…
227. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations
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ith countries so indicated, but it will not be first time we have opposed them successfully on African matter. If we had not done so on Cameroun, there is strong possibility it would be controlled by Communist Government under Dr. Felix Moumie. With Nigerians, you should take the…
247. Memorandum of Discussion at the 464th Meeting of the National Security Council
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rom local officials. In one case a UN official had tried to prevent such a Belgian from returning but his efforts had been repulsed by the Congolese official concerned. Secretary Herter said that he had talked with Mr. Palmer , our new Ambassador to Nigeria, a country to which ev…
250. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations
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ance of success. FYI . While we do not wish to suggest at this point what steps would be necessary by SYG with respect to activities of UN in Congo, some consideration will undoubtedly have to be given to possibility of placing Tunisian and possibly Nigerian troops along side Gha…
251. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State
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p’s departure to Congo by suggesting they obtain clear instructions on terms of reference from their governments on which they could all agree before they departed. He doubted group could ever agree on anything. He noted helpful presence in group of Nigeria and Senegal and agreed…
260. Memorandum of Conversation
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pendence. The base of the pyramid of people who had been trained was large, but there simply had not been time to build up a sufficient group of upper-level personnel. There were more Congolese in secondary institutions, for example, than there were Nigerians. The UN could not fi…
264. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State
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Question urgent because issue likely arise Friday am. Request tels go to fol countries to support our efforts here: Austria, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Iceland, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Malaya, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Pan…
267. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State
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duled November 26 meeting in the Congo until the week of December 5; see the Advisory Committee report, ibid. Kasavubu had told them he needed time to quiet situation in Congo before any UN Conciliation Commission was sent. To question from Wachuku (Nigeria) as to how long this w…
274. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State
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ommission coming, but he would be glad receive them if they wanted come on their own responsibility. Barco then referred to “suggestion” which had been made here that Kasavubu might not invite full Commission but only its officers. Officers are from Nigeria, Malaya and Ethiopia.…
282. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State
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ion were available. Moroccan withdrawal would be more serious problem, but he showed no concern that it might happen immediately and seemed regard King’s declaration as hedged. He said he had already made initial sounding about increased troops from Nigeria but that PriMin Balewa…
284. Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
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n Diplomatic Missions Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/12–1560. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Herz; cleared by Satterthwaite , White , and Bohlen; and approved by Hare . Sent priority to London, Bonn, Tunis, and Lagos; repeated to Paris, Brus…
304. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ghana
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as he did with President and a completely opposite line in public as he did at GA . Nkrumah has grandiose view part he is to play in future Africa. Resistance and resentment his leadership attempts growing in Africa and we hope counter force such as Nigeria will now begin assert…
129. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State
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th purchase price considerably less than actual value. 4. Newly developing nations of Asia and Africa. Ben-Gurion feels keenly that Israelis making or can make important contributions to new African and Asian nations; notably Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, French Sudan, Chad, E…
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