British and US link to Coup Plot

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How much did Straw know and when did he know it?

The Foreign Secretary has to explain why he apparently did nothing when London was told of the alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea

Antony Barnett, Martin Bright and Patrick Smith in Malabo

Sunday November 28, 2004

The Observer

Just before last Christmas, a cable was passed to British intelligence marked 'strictly confidential'. On its front page was a map of a tiny West African country, its name - Equitorial Guinea - in giant letters, its offshore island capital, Malabo, given similar emphasis . . .