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Memorandum From the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Under Secretary of State (Richardson), Washington, April 15, 1969
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Washington, April 15, 1969
Kissinger forwarded a memorandum of David Rockefeller's conversation with Ivory Coast Ambassador Ahoua, who met with Rockefeller to present President HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY's views on Nigeria. Those views concerned Soviet influence in Nigeria, South African Government financial aid for Biafra, and criticism of Secretary Palmer's commitment to the Nigerian Government.
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 741, Country Files, Africa, Nigeria, Vol. I. Secret. This unsigned copy of the memorandum indicates that Kissinger signed the original.
Kissinger forwarded a memorandum of David Rockefeller's conversation with Ivory Coast Ambassador Ahoua, who met with Rockefeller to present President HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY's views on Nigeria. Those views concerned Soviet influence in Nigeria, South African Government financial aid for Biafra, and criticism of Secretary Palmer's commitment to the Nigerian Government.
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 741, Country Files, Africa, Nigeria, Vol. I. Secret. This unsigned copy of the memorandum indicates that Kissinger signed the original.
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