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HOW THE SO CALLED NIGER DELTA ELDERS SOLD THEMSELVES, – CIA

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TAKE NOTE OF THIS NAME TRACK HIS CHILDREN AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE PAINS AND WHY OUR PEOPLE SUFFER, ABANDONED PROPERTY THIEFS,

I WILL SUMMARISE IT LATER OR AT THE BUTTOM.

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ACTION AF-18

INFO OCT-01 IO-15 ISO-00 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 RSC-01

PA-03 PRS-01 USIA-15 ACDA-19 DRC-01 SS-15 NSC-10 /109 W
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R 280953Z SEP 73
FM AMEMBASSY LAGOS
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1246
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
INFO AMCONSUL IBADAN
AMCONSUL KADUNA

C O N F I D E N T I A L LAGOS 7892

E.O. 11652: XGDS-2
TAGS: PINR, NI
SUBJECT: BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES ON ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF NIGERIAN
DELEGATION TO UNGA

REF: LAGOS 7700

1. FOLLOWING ARE BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES ON ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS ON NIGERIAN DELEGATION TO UNGA, AS PROMISED
REFTEL.

2. B. AKPORODE CLARK, AMBASSADOR TO BERN, ANKARA,
VIENNA AND UN GENEVA, IS CLOSE PERSONAL ASSOCIATE OF
PERMSEC JOE IYALLA (SEE REFTEL). HIS PREVIOUS
ASSIGNMENT WAS DEPUTY PERMSEC OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
MINISTRY IN LAGOS. CLARK, KNOWN AS “B.A.” TO FRIENDS,
IS PUGNACIOUS IN APPEARANCE, INTELLIGENT, HARD WORKER,
AND ONE OF MOST OUTSPOKEN NIGERIAN DIPLOMATS —
FREQUENTLY TO POINT OF BLUNTNESS. HE IS UNAFRAID TO
MAKE VIEWS KNOWN AND THEY ARE OFTEN SHARPLY DIVERGENT
FROM THOSE OF AMERICAN INTERLOCUTORS. HE IS RESENTFUL
OVER EXTENT OF US SUPPORT FOR BIAFRA DURING CIVIL WAR,
AND SUSPICIOUS ABOUT OUR POLICIES VIS-A-VIS SOUTHERN
AFRICA. AT UNGA WE EXPECT HIM TAKE PARTICULAR INTEREST
IN DISARMAMENT ISSUE SINCE THIS ONE OF HIS
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RESPONSIBILITIES IN GENEVA. USUN SHOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL
INFO ON HIM.

3. ALHAJI MUHAMMED AMINU SANUSI, NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR
TO PRC, PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM
AND AS ENVOY TO BRAZIL, CANADA AND EEC. WORLDLY-WISE
FULANI (NORTHERN NIGERIA) ARISTOCRAT, SANUSI BUILT
REPUTATION IN HIS POSTS AS PLAYBOY AND WOMAN CHASER,
WHO MADE LITTLE PROFESSIONAL MARK AND WAS SOMETIMES
REGARDED AS “DEAD LOSS.” AT SAME TIME HE IS APPARENTLY
PERSONALLY AFFABLE, RECEPTIVE AND EASY TO DEAL WITH.

4. NUHU MOHAMMED, PRESENT AMBASSADOR TO KHARTOUM, WAS
BORN IN 1929. HE WAS POSTED AS AMBASSADOR IN
BAMAKO FROM 1966 UNTIL 1968, AND, ALTHOUGH
OFTEN POORLY INFORMED, WAS FRIENDLY, COOPERATIVE
AND WELL DISPOSED TOWARD US. TALL, SPARE HAUSA,
MOHAMMED IS ON QUIET SIDE AND ENJOYS INFORMAL,
RELAXED SOCIALIZING. FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM
CAMBRIDGE, HE SERVED IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE UNTIL HIS APPOINTMENT AS
DIPLOMAT.

5. JOLLY TANKO YUSUF IS A NON-CAREER DIPLOMAT, PRESENTLY
SERVING AS AMBASSADOR TO SIERRA LEONE. HE HAS PREVIOUSLY
BEEN POSTED TO HAMBURG AND WASHINGTON. HE WAS BORN IN
1926, EDUCATED IN UK, AND EMPLOYED BY NORTHERN NIGERIA
GOVERNMENT AS ITS REP IN UK UNTIL 1966.

6. M.A. CARPENTER, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION FOR MINISTRY
OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, WAS BORN IN 1932 AND ENTERED
GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN 1959. HIS MOST RECENT POST
BEFORE RETURNING TO LAGOS IN 1972 WAS AS EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY TO LAKE CHAD BASIN COMMISSION.
CARPENTER IS VERY OPEN AND APPROACHABLE BUT WILL
PROBABLY DEAL PRIMARILY WITH PRESS RELATIONS
RATHER THAN SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES.

7. A.D.S. BLANKSON WORKS IN AFRICAN DEPT OF
MEA AND APPEARS WILL INFORMED, ARTICULATE AND
APPROACHABLE.
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REINHARDT

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B. AKPORODE CLARK, AMBASSADOR TO BERN, ANKARA,
VIENNA AND UN GENEVA, IS CLOSE PERSONAL ASSOCIATE OF
PERMSEC JOE IYALLA (SEE REFTEL). HIS PREVIOUS
ASSIGNMENT WAS DEPUTY PERMSEC OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
MINISTRY IN LAGOS. CLARK, KNOWN AS “B.A.” TO FRIENDS,
IS PUGNACIOUS IN APPEARANCE, INTELLIGENT, HARD WORKER,
AND ONE OF MOST OUTSPOKEN NIGERIAN DIPLOMATS —
FREQUENTLY TO POINT OF BLUNTNESS. HE IS UNAFRAID TO
MAKE VIEWS KNOWN AND THEY ARE OFTEN SHARPLY DIVERGENT
FROM THOSE OF AMERICAN INTERLOCUTORS. HE IS RESENTFUL
OVER EXTENT OF US SUPPORT FOR BIAFRA DURING CIVIL WAR,
AND SUSPICIOUS ABOUT OUR POLICIES VIS-A-VIS SOUTHERN
AFRICA. AT UNGA WE EXPECT HIM TAKE PARTICULAR INTEREST
IN DISARMAMENT ISSUE SINCE THIS ONE OF HIS
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