"When the corrupt MUHAMMED succeeded the more corrupt J. S. Tarka as Commissioner of Communications, he immediately perceived that at least the telephones must operate properly if his fate were to be any different from Tarka's. American businessmen, in extended conversations with me, described MUHAMMED as being un-Nigerian in his acceptance of their proposals. Specifically GTE and ITT were close to multi-million dollar contracts when MUHAMMED turned from communications to plotting. (These deals have all the earmarks of Ashland and Mobil Oil arrangements, which is another problem. The point is that they are deals in a country where Americans have not enjoyed much success outside the petroleum sector.)"
On 6/4/12 9:41 PM, Ndubisi Obiorah wrote:
JOHN E. REINHARDT (1920- )
John Reinhardt joined the Foreign Service in 1957 as an FSO of the U.S. Information Agency, one of the first African Americans to join the diplomatic service in that era. He served first in Kyoto, Japan, the Philippines, and Iran, before becoming USIA’s Area Director for Asia and the Far East in 1970. The next year, Reinhardt was made ambassador to Nigeria, and he subsequently served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. In recognition of his distinguished record, President Jimmy Carter made Reinhardt Director of USIA, the first time a career professional had ever ascended to that position. While there, he presided over the integration of the former Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the State Department and the existing USIA to form a new agency known during those years as the U.S. International Communications Agency (or USICA), but reverting later to USIA.
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office..." - Aesop
"In the long run, we are all dead" - J.M. Keynes
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:03 AM, G. Ugo Nwokeji <ugo@berkeley.edu> wrote:
I am no big fan of Murtala and Obasanjo, but it is notably ironic that while they were planning a transition to democracy, a principal representative of the world's most prominent democracy was calculating and looking forward to, not how to help the Nigerian leadership achieve that aim, but how his country could benefit from a bazar of coups.
Oh, and my eye caught that reference to "documented cases of genocide" in Biafra. How smart for some people to continue to deny the obvious!
G. Ugo Nwokeji
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com> wrote:
--DEPARTMENT OF STATEBRIEFING MEMORANDUMAugust 18, 1975To: The SecretaryFrom: PA - John E. ReinhardtNigeria After the Coup of July 28"This memorandum is presented in response to your request of August 14. It is concerned with the nature of the new government, its prospects, and continuing American interests.The New LeadershipThe leader of the coup against General Yakubu Gowon is an erratic, vainglorious, impetuous, corrupt, vindictive, intelligent, articulate, daring Hausa. Brigadier MURTALA MUHAMMED was a prime force in the Nigerian coup of July, 1966, which brought GOWON to power, and is one of the two principal plotters against GOWON for the past two years. He commanded a division during the Nigerian civil war, was involved in the only documented cases of genocide, won one important battle, and thereafter coasted for upwards of two years until GOWON finally removed him from command and placed him in charge of Army signals, a position which he held until last month, though he combined his military role with the civilian position of Commissioner (Minister) of Communications from July, 1973, until the coup."Interesting memo. Read here...- IkhideStalk my blog at www.xokigbo.comFollow me on Twitter: @ikhideJoin me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ikhide
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