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Telegram 3911 From the Embassy in Nigeria to the Department of State, May 5, 1969, 1600Z
Abstract
May 5, 1969, 1600Z
The Embassy assumed the Federal Military Government (FMG) would win the war, then devise a multi-state structure to provide stability, and there would not be a pattern of recurring coups.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 2 Nigeria. Secret. Repeated to Paris, Ibadan, Kaduna, CINCSTRIKE, DIA
The Embassy assumed the Federal Military Government (FMG) would win the war, then devise a multi-state structure to provide stability, and there would not be a pattern of recurring coups.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 2 Nigeria. Secret. Repeated to Paris, Ibadan, Kaduna, CINCSTRIKE, DIA
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Editor: Azuka Nzegwu.
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