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Telegram 116456 From the Department of State to the Embassy in France and the U.S. Mission in Geneva, July 15, 1969, 0313Z
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July 15, 1969, 0313Z
The Department transmitted a letter in which President Nixon urged Ivory Coast President HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY to encourage Biafran authorities to agree to a prompt resumption of relief flights and realization of the Cross River corridor.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9 Biafra-Nigeria. Secret; EXDIS; Immediate. Drafted by Sherry (AF/W); cleared in S/S, AF, the White House, AF/CW, EUR/FBX, U/CF and U; and approved by Richardson.
The Department transmitted a letter in which President Nixon urged Ivory Coast President HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY to encourage Biafran authorities to agree to a prompt resumption of relief flights and realization of the Cross River corridor.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9 Biafra-Nigeria. Secret; EXDIS; Immediate. Drafted by Sherry (AF/W); cleared in S/S, AF, the White House, AF/CW, EUR/FBX, U/CF and U; and approved by Richardson.
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Editor: Azuka Nzegwu.
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