LETTER TO FRANCES P. BOLTON FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: December 13, 1956
• Content Type: LETTER

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3 December 1956
STAT
Subject: Special Report by Frances P. Bolton
1. You will recall.that Mrs. Bolton came here to
lunch after her trip to Africa several months ago, and
reported to the Director and some of the rest of us her
impressions of the trip.
2. Her report has now been published, and is
attached. Also attached is a summary prepared by the
DD/P.
3. I do not believe that the report, although valuable,
is worthy of any special attention by the Director at this
time. He may want to read the summary, however, as
Mrs. Bolton may bring up the subject of Africa the next
time they see each other.
Orman S. a
Legislative Counsel
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SUMMARY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNITED STATES POLICY
TOWARD AFRICA - by Honorable Frances P. Bolton
Mrs. Bolton's trip lasted for three months beginning 1 September 1955
from Dakar, Senegal and covering twenty-four countries ending in Egypt in
December. The stated purpose of the trip was:
1. To get a general impression of Africa, south and east of the
Sahara Desert; the terrain, the climate, the health, the education,
and the political situation.
2. To talk with those in authority as well as with the rank and
file.
3. To bring back as much information as possible which might be
of benefit to this committee, to the Congress and to the Government
and the people of the United States.
4. To visit all U.S. embassies, consulates general, consulates
and liaison posts in the area.
Mrs. Bolton's recommendations for United States foreign policy towards
Africa differ according to the political status of each territorial entity:
1. To the sovereign nations (Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia, Libya,
Morocco, Union of South Africa, Sudan, and Tunisia) the United States
should offer assistance on a bilateral basis in the fields of health
and medical research, education, agriculture, fisheries and veterinary
sciences, emergency preparedness, economic development and technical
training programs, conservation, and atoms for peace.
2. To nations approaching self-government (Algeria, Central Federa-
tion, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Somalia, and Uganda) the United States should
demonstrate that she is prepared to offer assistance whenever they re-
quest it.
3 To nations whose independence is not likely in the foreseeable
future (Angola, Belgian Congo, British Somaliland, French Equatorial
Africa, French Somaliland, French West Africa, Gambia, Kenya, Mozam-
bique, Portuguese Guinea, Rio de Oro or Spanish Sahara, Rio Muni, and
Sierra Leone) the U.S. should make it clear that she is prepared to do
whatever the metropolitan powers invite her to do.
4. Policy toward the UN Trusteeships cannot be uniform since the
development of these areas are varied.
a. Tanganyika and Ruanda Urundi are politically mature and have
developed the beginnings of an indigenous leadership.