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43. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs (Richardson) and the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)1 2

Washington, February 20, 1969, noon

K said President wants to have Relief Coordinator for Biafra but wants him appointed outside of State Department—not a State Department official. R said he would like to discuss this at lunch as well as Peru.

  1. Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 359, Telephone Conversations, Chronological File. No classification marking.↩
  2. Kissinger told Richardson that the President wanted the Relief Coordinator to come from outside the Department of State.↩