ETHIOPIA: SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL ENVOY COMMENTS ON COLLAPSE OF NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR TALKS

Record ID: 216636

  • Title: ETHIOPIA: SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL ENVOY COMMENTS ON COLLAPSE OF NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR TALKS
  • Date: 21st December 1969
  • Summary: MR. KARGBO ON HOTEL BALCONY SPEAKING TO REAPORTER (SOF). TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEWER: "MR KARGBO, YOU'RE GOING TO REPORT TO YOUR PRIME MINISTER. WHAT ABOUT?" KARGBO: "WELL, I'M GOING TO REPORT TO HIM ABOUT, IN THE MAIN, THE FAILURE OF THE TALKS, BECAUSE SPECIFICALLY I WAS SENT TO GET AN ASSURANCE FROM HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THAT DURING THE COURSE OF THE
  • Embargoed: 5th January 1970 13:00
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  • Location: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
  • Country: Ethiopia
  • Reuters ID: LVA31H2FRZL76OGQQ3EBJ501NTAH
  • Story Text: FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR PEACE TALKS IN ADDIS ABABA, SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL ENVOY MR EDWARD KARGBO, TOLD NEWSMEN BEFORE LEAVING FOR HOME THAT THE CONFLICT WOULD NEVER BE BEST SOLVED ON THE BATTLEFIELD. MR. KARGBO, THE SIERRA LEONE DEPUTY-DEFENCE MINISTER, HAD TRAVELLED TO ETHIOPIA AS THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF PRIME MINISTER SIAKA STEVENS WHOSE GOVERNMENT PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN GETTING THE BIAFRAN DELEGATION TO ADDIS ABABA.

    MR KARGBO SUGGESTED THAT ONE REASON FOR THE DEPARTURE OF THE BIAFRAN TEAM BEFORE THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAD BEEN CHOSEN THEIR NEGOTIATING TEAM WAS CONFUSION OVER THE ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY (OAU).

    MEANWHILE, A MESSAGE ON THE BREAKDOWN OF THE TALKS HAS BEEN SENT FROM EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE OF ETHIOPIA TO PRIME MINISTER STEVENS IN FREETOWN.
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