"Finally, we must realise this ineluctable fact even if, as a result of this military superiority in men and material, Nigeria succeeds in occupying the whole of Biafra., the problem of the secession will not be solved.
There will, therefore, be no real peace in Nigeria as long as Biafra fights for its independence"

FELIX HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY, PRESIDENT OF IVORY COAST, ON MAY 9TH, 1968, AT THE IVORY COAST EMBASSY, PARIS.

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