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Telegram 5164 From the Embassy in Nigeria to the Department of State, June 7, 1969, 2029Z
Abstract
June 7, 1969, 2029Z
The Embassy transmitted a Federal Military Government (FMG) statement in which that government stated that the press releases of the U.S. and Swedish Governments were hypocritical. The FMG charged that Swedish nationals had bombed and strafed civil installations as mercenaries of Biafra, and the United States did not condemn it.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9 Biafra-Nigeria. Unclassified; Immediate. Repeated priority to Lome. Also repeated to Cotonou, Geneva, The Hague, Stockholm, Libreville, Yaounde, and London.
The Embassy transmitted a Federal Military Government (FMG) statement in which that government stated that the press releases of the U.S. and Swedish Governments were hypocritical. The FMG charged that Swedish nationals had bombed and strafed civil installations as mercenaries of Biafra, and the United States did not condemn it.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9 Biafra-Nigeria. Unclassified; Immediate. Repeated priority to Lome. Also repeated to Cotonou, Geneva, The Hague, Stockholm, Libreville, Yaounde, and London.
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Editor: Azuka Nzegwu.
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