Email this article Telegram 333 From the Embassy in Nigeria to the Department of State, January, 14, 1969, 1530Z
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January, 14, 1969, 1530Z
The Embassy reported on Ambassador Elbert Mathews' meeting with Major General Gowon, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, regarding the C-97G aircraft, relief agencies, U.S. policy, and daylight flights. Gowon preferred to have the ICRC, rather than church groups, operating in rebel territories.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9, Biafra-Nigeria. Confidential; Immediate. Repeated priority to ADDIS ABABA. Also repeated to Geneva, London, Paris, and USUN.
The Embassy reported on Ambassador Elbert Mathews' meeting with Major General Gowon, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, regarding the C-97G aircraft, relief agencies, U.S. policy, and daylight flights. Gowon preferred to have the ICRC, rather than church groups, operating in rebel territories.
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27-9, Biafra-Nigeria. Confidential; Immediate. Repeated priority to ADDIS ABABA. Also repeated to Geneva, London, Paris, and USUN.
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