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This is a compilation of Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) briefing notes to the Director of INR, mostly dated June 12, 1968, with some from June 6, 1968. The notes cover world events, including student riots in Paris, East German passport and visa rules for West Germans, a UN resolution on South West Africa, a change of Komsomol leadership, Sino-Nepalese relations, and the Colombian presidential resignation crisis. Unrest in Senegal and Somalia is also covered. None of the notes discuss UFOs.
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SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) London 9756 C/NOFORN 6/11/68 June 10 meeting between Biafra's chief negotiator, Sir Louis Mbanefo, and Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs, Lord Shepherd, produced no apparent forward notion. Mbanefo gave lengthy review Biafran position, insisting there could be no substantive negotiations with the Fmg before a cease fire and that Britain must stop arms shipments to the FMG. He agreed, however, to meet with Shepherd again on the evening of June 11. Lagos 9874 6/11/68 Prime Minister Wilson is to see FMG's Enahoro on the afternoon of June 12 to receive a letter from Gowon. Foreign Secretary Stewart will be present and will hold discussions with Enahoro. Shepherd will see Enahoro June 11, presumably to fill him in on his June 10 session with Mbanefo. TDCSDB 315/02042-68 S/NOFORN/CD 6/11/68 British in Lagos believe Mbanefo carries little or no weight with Ojulawu, who is using him as respectable front man while subjecting him to rigorous restrictions in his negotiations for the rebels. TDCS 314/09356-68 C/NOFORN 6/11/68 General Ankrah states he has received a favorable response from Emperor Haile Solassie to his suggestion that a meeting of the chiefs of state of the member countries of the OAU committee on Nigeria be held in either Niamey or Yaounde. Ankrah hopes to be able to bring Lt. Col. Ojulawu to the meeting and "knock some sense into him." TDCS 314/09356-68 C/NOFORN 6/11/68 Since the OAU ad hoc committee on Nigeria visited Lagos last November and said it opposed Biafran secession, it has lapsed into inactivity. With next summit mtg scheduled for Algiers in September, the committee members want to be able to report that they bestirred themselves. INR OFFICE DRIEFER Andrew/Kintar
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 132 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.