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Cartoon showing politician Selwyn Lloyd whispering to a Far Eastern Sultan whilst Oman Rebel lies on the ground and a crowd nearby listen to their conversation.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist

The cartoon shows a starving, naked, African man with a swollen belly holding out a begging bowl. The caption below read "spare a bullet, Yanks". The landscape behind him is sparse with no visible vegetation.

The cartoon relates to the Nigerian civil war which was fought between the federal government of Nigeria and the secessionist state of Biafra in the years 1967-1970. During the civil war approximately 2 million Biafran citizens died of starvation, as the Nigerian federal government used starvation as a weapon of war. The United States of America was officially neutral during the Nigerian civil war. However they also had a vested interest in keeping communism out of the region, and this was more likely under the Nigerian federal government.

Boxes, tapes, and TVs labelled 'BBC', 'BBC Glasgow' and 'Seized' pile high everywhere. In front of a door labelled 'Special Branch' sits a man at a desk labeled 'Detective Inspector' who is writing a letter. Behind him a picture of Margaret Thatcher is taped to the wall.

Context: The Special Branch raided the BBC's Glasgow office and confiscated materials from their Secret Society series. Margaret Thatcher denied involvement, but the Opposition were not convinced. (Source: The Guardian 2 February 1987 via Proquest and Gibbard's Double Decade Omnibus).

Set 1 dated 10 January, set 2 dated 9 January. [Appears to be the return of the family to London Airport. They were kidnapped by Tigre People's Liberation Front (TPLF)]

Depicts a man holding a flag labelled 'GUVMINT' sat on top of a pile of [flammable material]. The 'NUM', 'ASLEF', 'POWER WORKERS' and 'BBC' attempt to ignite the pile.