Declassified U.S document of July 1969 described the Igbos as the wandering Jews of West Africa – … gifted, aggressive , Westernized; at best envied and resented, but mostly despised by the mass of their neighbors in the Federation.
The document which described Leader of Biafra, Ikemba Odimegwu Ojukwu as as “erstwhile playboy,” said the Igbos “have fought well (by African standards) against heavy odds; their cy:nical public relations use of the starvation has been brilliant.”
The document further revealed that then Senator John Kennedy had proposed a Biafra State akin to the State of Israel that was created in 1948 following the persecution of Jewish people around the world.
The 18 page document was written by late Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger to late President Richard Nixon.
