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Summary:
ABIDJAN AIRPORT; AKA DOWN STEPS, GREETED BY FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIAL; MRS. AKA AND FAMILY LEAVE AIRCRAFT; PARTY ENTERS CUSTOMS BUILDING.
Initials JDR/V/PW/PC
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Embargoed:8th June 1969 13:00
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Location:ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
Country:Ivory Coast
Reuters ID:LVA1WB7LJC68FH63K66G4XGF48XI
Story Text: THE IVORY COAST FOREIGN OFFICE HAS RECALLED ALL ITS DIPLOMATS FROM MOSCOW. NO REASON HAS SO FAR BEEN GIVEN FOR THE ACTION BY THE IVORY COAST GOVERNMENT.
THE FIRST COUNSELLOR OF THE EMBASSY, MR. MOISE AKA, ARRIVED AT ABIDJAN AIRPORT EARLY THIS MORNING (SATURDAY), ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE AND YOUNG FAMILY. THE AMBASSADOR, DENISE KOFFIE BILE WAS EXPECTED LATER.
IN ABIDJAN, THE SOVIET EMBASSY PRESERVED A NORMAL APPEARANCE AND HAS DISCLAIMED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF A DIPLOMATIC RIFT BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS.
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