LIKELY CONSEQUENCES OF VARIOUS US COURSES OF ACTION ON THE VOLTA DAM (DRAFT FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION)

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP85T00875R002000190038-5

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RIPPUB

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December 19, 2016

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June 10, 2005

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Publication Date:

November 16, 1961

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MEMO

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25X1 Approved For Release 20D5108122:CIA-RDPBST00675ROD2DOD190D38.5 0 / P /o tvc s' Tth f)'IL Approved For Release 2005/06/22 ::CIA D 85T00875R00200019003 CIAi C ; f ' T It n L I I J h M AGENCY OFF.tCi., 011' i.STI %PTI,S 16 Novoi~lbor 1961 ST;,.',-.,F 11L;'OR?i'IDUII NO.770-61 (Intl:r.-.ai ONE Workinf., Paper CIA Distribution Only) SUBJECT: Likely Consequences of Various US Courses of Action on the Volta Dam (Draft for Board Consideration) 1. [lost ,:fr. ican a n: Asian loaders believe that the US, after more than four years of ne;.?otiation and innumerable surveys and studies, has comiuitted itself raorally and politically to follow through on the Volta clam and smcl.tor project in Ghana. They re- gard the final signature on thc: aLr..oment as a more formality. Although interest in the Volta project is naturally much less acute elsewhere than it is in Ghana itself, recent indications of US uncertainty about whether to follow through with the project, coupl,,. with other indications of US displeasure with