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- 1 2 Asamoah, Obed (2014). "The Political History of Ghana (1950–2013): The Experience of a Non-Conformist". p. 50. ISBN 9781496985637.
- ↑ United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations (1967). "Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1968: Hearings Before the Subcommittee... Ninetieth Congress, First Session on H.R. 10345". U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 194.
- ↑ "The Parliamentarian, Volumes 41–42". The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth. Ghana National Assembly. 1960. p. 343.
- ↑ Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 15–16 (Report). United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1965. p. I1.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly. 1965. p. ii.
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