Reception In Washington
WASHINGTON. October 2
Mr Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, drew loud laughter at a Nigerian Independence Day reception here last night with a reference to the United Nations being a "rather more unruly body" than the British Commonwealth.
Mr Macmillan, who was heckled by Mr Nikita Khrushchev when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly last Thursday, said: “On this day Nigeria becomes an independent country within our Commonwealth and in a few days becomes a member of an equally important, though rather more unruly body." Mr R. G Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, also attended the reception. He flew to Washington earlier with Mr Macmillan for talks at the White House today with President' Eisenhower. Proposing a toast to the new nation. Mr Macmillan said: “Good luck to you in your future and may the motto which you have chosen—‘Unity and Faith’—be true for the whole world.” Mr J. M. Garba. Attache for Nigerian Affairs in Washington, thanked the British people for helping Nigeria on the road to independence.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29325, 3 October 1960, Page 13
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