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...shabby capital knows about it, but few will talk. The unmarked planes, however, are there for all to see: four DC-4s, three DC-3s and a single Constellation, parked on the palm-lined seaside tarmac. Patient research shows that the aircraft have varied registration-French, German, Belgian, Zambian, Biafran and Gabonese. Each afternoon, three or four planes taxi to the nearby military airfield for loading, then take off for Biafra at 6 p.m. sharp. They return around midnight, after the 900-mile round trip. Just as predictable as the flights is the black Citroen, owned by the French security...
There are rumors that France may have decided to take over the entire mercenary show in Biafra. The Biafrans have expelled Colonel Rolf Steiner, the German ex-Legionnaire who had commanded their crack mercenary-led unit (TIME, Oct. 25). On arrival here in Gabon, Steiner refused to answer questions, but an aide admitted that the Steiner party had been escorted to the Biafran airport in handcuffs. The speculation is that Steiner was fired because the Biafran military had grown increasingly jealous of his privileged position with Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu and had done their best to see that Steiner...
...Royal Navy through two world wars. An equally happy mix of politics and oil has been overdue for Drake, who will formally take over from ailing Chairman Sir Maurice Bridgeman in January. Last year's closing of the Suez Canal forced shipping costs up; then came the Biafran civil war, which has stopped B.P.'s Nigerian production. Such woes held 1967 profits to a disappointing $154 million (on sales of $2.9 billion) as compared with this year's expected record of around $215 million...
BROTHER sent $100 yesterday to the Biafran Association, an organization which aids in the rehabilitation of Biafrans in refugee camps. Whitten's group also has sent $1600 to Abie Nathan, Israeli peace pilot to help finance his missions to Biafra. BROTHER has channeled about $3000 in personal contributions to CWS and to the Catholic Relief Service (Caritas...
Whitten said that BROTHER is applying pressure on American government officials to take some action regarding the Biafran crisis. This pressure has taken the form of telegrams, telephone calls, letters, and personal visits to selected congressmen and administration officials. Whitten claimed that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's Biafran speech on Sept. 24 was partially the result of Kennedy's talks with BROTHER agents...