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automobile drive past the embassy at roughly 9:20 PM, one hour before the shooting and bombing. An unnamed
American official said that he saw a car circle the embassy 10 minutes after the bombing. Two Gabonese policemen were assigned to protect the building, and M'ba ordered an investigation into the
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Embassy and some politicians who participated in the rebellion could have given this impression to some, an impression which I do not
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bombings. He denounced the allegations against
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