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Telegram 109879 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Nigeria, July 2, 1969, 2316Z
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July 2, 1969, 2316Z
The Department transmitted a statement by Secretary Rogers issued on July 2 about the Nigerian situation. Rogers deplored the curtailment of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) role in Nigeria, stated that the United States financed the charter of two shallow draft vessels for ICRC use on the Cross River, and supported controlled day-time relief flights.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9 Biafra-Nigeria. Unclassified. The telegrams was also addressed to Addis Ababa, Cotonou, Lagos, London, Niamey, Paris, Stockholm, Yaounde, Geneva, USUN, Douala, Ibadan, Kaduna. Drafted by Powell (AF/P), cleared in P/ON, and approved by Powell.
The Department transmitted a statement by Secretary Rogers issued on July 2 about the Nigerian situation. Rogers deplored the curtailment of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) role in Nigeria, stated that the United States financed the charter of two shallow draft vessels for ICRC use on the Cross River, and supported controlled day-time relief flights.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9 Biafra-Nigeria. Unclassified. The telegrams was also addressed to Addis Ababa, Cotonou, Lagos, London, Niamey, Paris, Stockholm, Yaounde, Geneva, USUN, Douala, Ibadan, Kaduna. Drafted by Powell (AF/P), cleared in P/ON, and approved by Powell.
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