- Title: NIGERIA: UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES ANSWER NIGERIAN RED CROSS APPEAL.
- Date: 12th May 1968
- Summary: 1. LV LINE OF VEHICLES. (2 SHOTS) 0.17 2. CU "SCOUT" INSCRIBED ON CAR. 0.24 3. SV PAN FROM LINE OF VEHICLES TO MR. OMO-BARE STANDING BESIDE VEHICLE. 0.35 4. CU RED CROSS VEHICLE INSCRIBED "A GIFT OF POPE PAUL VI". 0.40 5. CU NAME "CHEVROLET". 0.45 6. SV MR. OMO-BARE SIGNS FOR VEHICLES WATCHED BY MR. ADLER (GLASSES) AND MR. UDONDEK (RIGHT). 0.59 7. CU MR. ADLER SIGNS AND HANDS PEN TO MR. OMO-BARE. 1.07 8. SV MR. ADLER SHAKES HANDS WITH MR. UDONDEK. 1.10 9. SV MR. ADLER SHAKES HANDS WITH MR. OMOBARE. 1.14 10. CU KEYS ARE HANDED TO MR. UDONDEK. 1.20 11. SV GROUP WALK AWAY FROM VEHICLES. 1.28 12. LV INT: PARCELS OF GIFTS. 1.31 13. CU BOX INSCRIBED "DONATED BY THE CATHOLICS OF U.S.A." 1.41 14. CU SACK INSCRIBED "SWEDISH RED CROSS". 1.46 15. CU BOX INSCRIBED "FINNISH RED CROSS". 1.52 Initials GHB/VS/MR/PF Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 26th May 1968 13:00
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- Location: LAGOS, NIGERIA
- Country: Nigeria
- Reuters ID: LVACTQ5LDPR5IEIIEZDM10B2H28K
- Story Text:AS THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN NIGERIA CONTINUES, WITH FEDERAL FORCES STILL ENGAGED IN FIERCE AND BLOODY FIGHTING AGAINST THE TROOPS OF SECESSIONIST BIAFRA, AN APPEAL BY THE NIGERIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY HAS BROUGHT A RESPONSE FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES.
AT A RECENT CEREMONY AT THE NIGERIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY'S HEADQUARTERS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR REHABILITATION, MR. TIMOTHY OMO-BARE RECEIVED SIX MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH HAD BEEN PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. PRESENT AT THE HANDING-OVER CEREMONY WERE MR. H.L. ADLER, DIRECTOR OF THE AGENCY, AND MR. TIMOTHY UDONDEK, SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY.
AMONG OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE SENT GIFTS TO THE NIGERIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY ARE SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, NORWAY AND FINLAND. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS - SOURCE TO BE VERIFIED
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