SD-N17.1 - LA GUERRE DU BIAFRA

Box 1: Newspaper cuttings 1968-1971
(Collected by Fr. Donal O'Sullivan, District Superior of Nigeria East and, subsequently, General Assistant)

Folder 1 : 1968

1. Apres 6 mois de guerre civile au Nigeria, Le Monde, 31.01.1968
2. Biafra offered ceasefire, C. Taylor, Globe & Mail
3. Boost for encircled Biafrans, R. Hall, Sunday Observer, 21.01.1968.
4. Ojukwu, J. Horgan, Irish Times, 16.03.1968.
5. The Church and the War (3 parts), J. Horgan, Irish Times, 19.03.1968.
6. Biafrans kill 400 federal troops, W. Norris, Toronto Daily, 23.04.1968.
7. Time and rains are on my side, Partington, Toronto Daily, 03.06.1968.
8. Nigerian village in success story, R. Apple, N. York Times, 27.03.1968.
9. Biafra seeks Irish support, J. Horgan, Irish Times.
10. Letters, Varia, Observer, 28.01.1968.
11. Extracts "The Tablet" & "Irish Times", 20.01.1968.
12. Refugees in Biafra, Irish Times, 15.03.1968.
13. War in the air, Irish Times, 12.03.1968.
14. Hand to hand fighting, J. Horgan, Irish Times, 13.03.1968.
15. The Irish Missionary (3 ports), J. Horgan, Irish Times.
16. Biafran soldiers massacred in hospitals, New York Times.
17. Disappearance of delegate to talks, C. Taylor, Globe & Mail, 27.05.1968.
18. Aid group (Caritas) defies airlift ban, Reuters, N.Y. Times, 16.07.1968
19. Priest in Lisbon link to Biafra (Dermot Doran), New York Times, 12.08.1968.
20. Death and despair in Biafran hospital, New York Times, 01.08.1968.
21. Politics of secession, J. Horqan, Irish Times, 11.03.1968.
22. Biafra - the ugly war, R. Coffey, Long Island Press, 12.11.1968.
23. Biafra and human rights, Editorial, Spectator, 15.11.1968.

Folder 2 : 1969

1. Aid to Biafra from USA, K. Teltsch, New York Times, 09.02.1969.
2. Civilians in Nigeria restive towards government, A. Friendly, New York Times, 09.02.1969
3. Defiance and agony in Biafra, D. Robinson, Observer, 06.04.1969.
4. No Biafran genocide (U.N.), Catholic Reporter, 29.01.1969.
5. La découverte d'une " nation noire ", Paul Gache, France catholique, 10.01.1969.
6. Report from Cssp Superior, O'Sullivan, Catholic Standard, 21.03.1969.
7. 300 Biafrans slain in air raid, 01.02.1969.
8. News of Nigeria, New York Times, 23.02.1969.
9. State of Onitsha, R. Apple, New York Times 23.03.1969.
10. Kennedy to seek U.N. relief force, B. Welles, N.Y. Times, 08.02.1969
11. Report from Umuahia, L. Garrison, New York Times, 08.03.1969.
12. Report from Cssp Superior, O'Sullivan, 01.03.1969.
13. Aid to Biafran children at Libreville, 01.01.1969.
14. Report from Dermot Doran cssp, Long Island Catholic, 06.06.1969.
15. Report on relief by Dermot Doran, N.Y. Catholic, 05.06.1969.
16. Cuttings from Daily Telegraph, London Telegraph, 01.03.1969.
17. Wilson to visit Nigeria, A. Schuster, New York Times, 01.03.1969
18. U.S offers to help Biafra airlift, T. Hamilton, New York Times, 01.03.1969.
19. Articles on Nigeria, New York Times, 23.03.1969.
20. Article by un-named missionary supporting Biafra, Irish Press, 06.03.1969.
21. Ibo Chief Stephen Okafor criticises Ojukwu, Carroll, Sunday Times, 27.04.1969.
22. War will get bloodier, Astrachan, Washington Post, 31.03.1969.
23. African optimism for post war.
24. Move to end war fails, Apple, New York Times, 21.04.1969.
25. Another round in battle over Biafra, Garrison, New York Times, 27.04.1969.
26. The other Nigeria is Medieval, Apple, New York Times, 19.04.1969.
27. Recaptured Owerri, New York Times, 27.04.1969.
28. Morale of Biafrans on upswing, The New World, 11.04.1969.
29. Biafran war linked to discovery of oil, Boyce, Chigao Tribune, 28.04.1969.
30. Swedes reported to bomb cities, Irish Times, 26.05.1969.
31. For Nig. Soldiers almost no medics, Apple, New York Times, 03.06.1969.
32. Biafran gains costly, Garrison, New York Times, 02.06.1969.
33. Airlift, Green, Telegraph (CAN), 21.06.1969.
34. Various extracts, Irish Times, 18.07.1969.
35. Wilson calls on Ojokwu., Times, 11.11.1969.

Folder 3 : 1969
Folder 4 : 1970
Folder 5 : 1971
Folder 6 : 1971