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Telegram 116458 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Nigeria, July 15, 1969, 0317Z1
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July 15, 1969, 0317Z1
Under Secretary of State Richardson instructed Ambassador Mathews to inform Major General Gowon, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, when delivering the letter transmitted in telegram 116460, that the United States Government was disturbed at his incitement of public opinion against the United States. Further, if the relief impasse continued much longer, the question of possible new U.S. approaches to the problem would undoubtedly arise.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9 Biafra-Nigeria. Secret; EXDIS; Immediate. Drafted by Sherry (AF/W) and Melbourne; cleared in the White House, U, S/S, and by Ferguson and MooreAF; and approved by Richardson.
Under Secretary of State Richardson instructed Ambassador Mathews to inform Major General Gowon, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, when delivering the letter transmitted in telegram 116460, that the United States Government was disturbed at his incitement of public opinion against the United States. Further, if the relief impasse continued much longer, the question of possible new U.S. approaches to the problem would undoubtedly arise.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9 Biafra-Nigeria. Secret; EXDIS; Immediate. Drafted by Sherry (AF/W) and Melbourne; cleared in the White House, U, S/S, and by Ferguson and MooreAF; and approved by Richardson.
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