Thanking him and responding to his letter of December 5, 1945 (mums312-b108-i159) and expanding on his original thesis; asserting that "civilization in West Africa was not the gift of white folk"; noting the influence of the European slave trade on the region; assessing the perilous social conditions of the contemporary situation there; and hoping he will forgive "this plan speaking."
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