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Memorandum From the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, November 11, 1969
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Washington, November 11, 1969
Kissinger informed the President that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had ceased direct relief to Biafra and would channel its funds, food stocks, and equipment (including U.S. donated aircraft) to French and Scandinavian Red Cross agencies operating out of Sao Tome and Libreville.
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 13, President's Daily Briefs. Nixon wrote on page 2, “What does State suggest we do?”
Kissinger informed the President that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had ceased direct relief to Biafra and would channel its funds, food stocks, and equipment (including U.S. donated aircraft) to French and Scandinavian Red Cross agencies operating out of Sao Tome and Libreville.
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 13, President's Daily Briefs. Nixon wrote on page 2, “What does State suggest we do?”
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Editor: Azuka Nzegwu.
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