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Telegram 58725 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Liberia, April 16, 1969, 2343Z
Abstract
April 16, 1969, 2343Z
The Department reported on Special Coordinator Clyde Ferguson's visit to Nigeria, including his meeting with Major General Gowon, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria then Ojukwu, Military Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, and again with Gowon between March 15 and March 25. Until a surface corridor into Biafra could be opened, a plan to use both Uli and Obilago air fields for daylight relief flights was proposed. Both men were favorable to the corridor concept but stuck to known positions on daylight flights and use of Obilago airstrip.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9 Biafra-Nigeria. Secret; LIMDIS. Drafted by S.C. Schott (U/CF); cleared in AF/W and by Melbourne; and approved in U/CF.
The Department reported on Special Coordinator Clyde Ferguson's visit to Nigeria, including his meeting with Major General Gowon, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria then Ojukwu, Military Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, and again with Gowon between March 15 and March 25. Until a surface corridor into Biafra could be opened, a plan to use both Uli and Obilago air fields for daylight relief flights was proposed. Both men were favorable to the corridor concept but stuck to known positions on daylight flights and use of Obilago airstrip.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9 Biafra-Nigeria. Secret; LIMDIS. Drafted by S.C. Schott (U/CF); cleared in AF/W and by Melbourne; and approved in U/CF.
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