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232. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
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(c) possible nationalization or similar actions by governments of the region (especially Zanzibar). 7. West Africa is subject to multiple internal pressures: malaise between France and francophone countries; repercussions of unrest, the civil war in Nigeria, a possible crisis in…
233. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant ( Rostow ) to President Johnson
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JECT Your Talk with Seven African Ambassadors at Ernie Goldstein’s Luncheon—Thursday, May 23, 1:00 p.m. No record of this discussion has been found. THE GROUP: Ambassador Debrah, (DEB-rah)—Ghana Ambassador Peel—Liberia Ambassador Iyalla ( E -YAL-la)—Nigeria Ambassador Adoula (Ah-…
234. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant ( Rostow ) to President Johnson
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President Johnson checked this option and added the handwritten notation, “if OK by Rusk .” On July 2, Rostow forwarded an undated memorandum from Katzenbach to the President recommending final approval for a 9-day trip in August to Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Ethiopia, East Africa,…
352. Telegram From the Embassy in Ethiopia to the Department of State
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Addis he urged that after I had formed some views on Ethiopian domestic affairs we meet to talk over my personal views. I said I now had some impressions and views, purely personal, and I would be delighted discuss at his convenience, perhaps after Nigerian meetings were behind h…
353. Telegram From the Embassy in Ethiopia to the Department of State
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et-Somali meetings and their discussions of increased training and equipment assistance. As result those skeptical of Egal ’s intentions within IEG appear to have effectively planted doubts in HIM ’s mind. 5. HIM at the moment is so preoccupied with Nigerian problem that even tho…
354. Intelligence Note
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lations with Somalia, at last moved to help Egal with much-needed concessions. Why the Change? Ethiopian action on the detente has often bogged down in acrid dispute between moderates and hardliners. Emperor Haile Selassie, preoccupied by the war in Nigeria, had evidently given l…
395. Airgram From the Embassy in Nigeria to the Department of State
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396. Information Memorandum From the Western Africa Country Director, Bureau of African Affairs ( Melbourne ) to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ( Palmer )
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African Affairs ( Melbourne ) to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs ( Palmer ) Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 NIGERIA–US. Secret. Drafted by Alan M. Hardy of AFW. Washington , April 18, 1968 . SUBJECT Comments on Lagos A–469 (Postscript to Ann…
397. National Intelligence Estimate
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ard M. Helms, and concurred in by the U.S. Intelligence Board on May 2. NIE 64.2–68 Washington , May 2, 1968 . CONSEQUENCES OF CIVIL STRIFE IN NIGERIA Conclusions A. The Federal Military Government’s ( FMG ) forces clearly hold the upper hand in the Nigerian civil war and a milit…
398. Memorandum From Edward Hamilton of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant ( Rostow )
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399. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Nigeria
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401. Memorandum From Harold H. Saunders of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant ( Rostow )
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402. Memorandum From Roger Morris of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant ( Rostow )
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35. Notes of the 591st Meeting of the National Security Council
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’s notes of this meeting, see Foreign Relations , 1964–1968, vol. XXXIII, Document 432 . Washington , September 25, 1968, 12:17–1:40 p.m. [Omitted here is discussion of issues before the United Nations involving Czechoslovakia, the Middle East, and Biafra.] Secretary Rusk : Major…
202. Notes of Meeting
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South Vietnam by force; we have strengthened the government. The President: What do you think of briefing all leaders? Secretary Clifford : It’s profitable to keep them informed. [Omitted here is discussion of a meeting of NATO Ministers, relief for Biafra, and efforts to secure…
244. Notes of Meeting
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Rostow Files, Meetings with the President, July-December 1968 [1]) Secretary Rusk : Today is Tuesday. Tomorrow we should look at this. Let’s meet at 5:00 tomorrow. See Document 248 . Do it at 1:30 p.m. Lunch tomorrow. [Omitted here is discussion of Biafra.] Goodpaster General Whe…
73. Summary Notes of the 581st Meeting of the National Security Council
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sale of sophisticated weapons to Peru, they are liable to end up with a military dictator. Every other Latin American country will be against us. Serious problems also arise with Jordan and Morocco. Lesser problems arise with Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria and the Congo. The Pres…
82. Letter From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development ( Gaud ) to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget ( Zwick )
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ful developer and firm ally. We cannot afford to assume that the proposed cut in Thailand will be politically feasible, especially since it is based on presumptions of Thai financial capability which have not yet been fully analyzed. Relief needs in Nigeria are already expected t…
145. Report of the President’s General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs
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ultilateralism is closer coordination of all assistance to individual countries through various forms of consultative groups of aid-supplying countries. There are now eighteen such groups—in India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Turkey, Greece, Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria, Ghana, Sudan, East Af…
369. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State
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