EIRE: BIAFRAN BISHOP BLESSES WAR RELIEF CARGO IN DUBLIN.

Record ID: 208529

  • Title: EIRE: BIAFRAN BISHOP BLESSES WAR RELIEF CARGO IN DUBLIN.
  • Date: 11th August 1968
  • Summary: SHIP IN DOCK; BISHOP BLESSING; CATHEDRAL SERVICE. Initials DHC/VS/JH/PF Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th August 1968 13:00
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  • Location: DUBLIN, EIRE
  • Country: Ireland
  • Reuters ID: LVAES4CNZZTZCHX9DYQKIF5WRV4Q
  • Story Text: THE BISHOP OF PORT HARCOURT, DR. GODFREY OKOYE, ARRIVED IN DUBLIN LAST NIGHT AND BLESSED A CARGO OF WAR RELIEF SUPPLIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF BIAFRA, THE BREAKAWAY EASTERN REGION OF NIGERIA. THE SUPPLIES LEFT DUBLIN LAST NIGHT ABOARD THE GERMAN FREIGHTER KORABCH, BOUND FOR SAO TOME, A PORTUGUESE ISLAND 300 MILES (500 KMS.) OFF THE BIAFRAN COAST.

    AFTER BLESSING THE CRAFT, BISHOP OKOYE WENT TO DUBLIN'S PRO-CATHEDRAL TO PARTICIPATE IN A "VIGIL FOR PEACE" IN BIAFRA. THE BISHOP SHOWED NEWSPAPERMEN, PRIESTS AND NUNS VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH INDICATED THE DEPTH OF SUFFERING IN BIAFRA. "I AM GOING HOME NEXT WEEK TO LIVE OR DIE WITH MY PEOPLE," DR. OKOYE SAID.

    THE RELIEF VESSEL KORBACH WAS LOADED WITH 2,000 TONS OF SUPPLIES - MILK POWDER, CLOTHES AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS. THE SUPPLIES ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT A FORTNIGHT TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION.
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