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OF DEPARTMENT
Canada
Department of State
UNIVERSITY
TELEGRAM
STATES OF
SECRET
201
POSS DUPE
Ed
PAGE 01 STATE 005660
87 80
ORIGIN AF-05
INFO OCT-01 EUR - 12 SS-20 NSC-10 NSCE-00 UCF-01 SR-01 PM-03
INR-06 CIAE-00 DODE-00 L-02 RSC-01 1062 R
66636
DRAFTED BY:TEXT RECD FROM WHITE HOUSE
APPROVED BY:NIGERIAN WORKING GP:WILLIAM H BRUBECK
EUR/CAN:MR JOHNSON
WH:MR WATTS/MR MORRIS
S/S:MR BROWN
055791
R 140113Z JAN 70
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
INFO AMEMBASSY LAGOS
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY ABIDJAN
SECRET STATE 005660
LIMDIS
PLEASE DELIVER FOLLOWING LETTER FROM PRESIDENT TO PRIME
MINISTER EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.
BEGIN TEXT DEAR MR. PRIME MINISTER: I AM SURE THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE SITUATION IN NIGERIA CLOSELY
AS I HAVE. WITH THE END TO HOSTILITIES IN SIGHT I HAVE
BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE TASK WHICH
NIGERIA'S FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FACES IN PROVIDING RELIEFT
FOR THE VAST NUMBERS OF REFUGEES IN AREAS NEWLY
OCCUPIED BY FEDERAL FORCES.
AS YOU MAY KNOW FROM OUR PRESS STATEMENTS OF THIS
PAST WEEKEND, I HAVE PLACED EIGHT C - 130 AIRCRAFT AND
FOUR HELICOPTERS ON ALERT TO BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THE
NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT, IF THEY ARE NEEDED, IN DISTRIBUTING
FOOD AND OTHER RELIEF SUPPLIES. I ALSO HAVE MADE AVAIL-
SECRET
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
DECLASSIFIED
This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified
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