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Situation Report Prepared by the Nigerian Task Force, Washington, June 6, 1969

US Government State Department

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Washington, June 6, 1969

On June 5, an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plane was shot down by a Nigerian MIG while en-route to Biafra with relief supplies.

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 742, Country Files, Africa, Nigeria, Vol. I. Confidential.

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Editor: Azuka Nzegwu.

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