MIDDLE EAST AFRICA BRIEF CO MEAB 79-065 2 OCTOBER 1979.

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005555741
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2010
• Case Number: F-2007-01294
• Publication Date: October 2, 1979

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MIDDLE EAST AFRIEA BRIEF CO MEAB 79.065 FOR Z OETOaER top.
FROMt NFAC/OFFICE OF CURRENt OPERATIONS.
3. SAUDI ARABIA= RELATIONS WITH EGYPT.
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/1THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUBSTANTIATE SADAT'S PUBLIC
CHARGES THIS WEEK THAT THE SAUDIS, IN COLLUSION WITH
LIBYA, ARE TRYING TO 'JN~EAT PRESIDENT NUMAYRI'S REGIME
IN SUDAN. THE SAUDIS HAVE RECENTLY PROVIDED ADDITIONAL
FINANCIAL AID TO KHARTOUM, ALTHOUGH THEY PROBABLY ALSO
URGED NUMAYRI TO DISTANCE S.U~AN FROM EGYPT. SADAT HAS A
VARIETY OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY MOTIVES FOR MAKING
SUCH A CHARGE, AND HE MAY WELL BELIEVE IT. IN THE CONTEXT
OF HI9 BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH SAUDI ARABIAN HE PRESUM?
ABLY EALEULATES THAT EGYPT~S INTERESTS ARE BEST SERVED
BY ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY THE SAUDIS PUBLICLY??TO THEIR
OwN DISCOMFORT??AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE RADICAL
ARAB REGIMES. HIGH-LEVEL SAUDIS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE RESER?
NATIONS ABOUT THEIR EXCHANGES WITH LIBYAN LEADER OA H F
SADAT SEEKS TO HEIGHTEN THEIR DISCOMFORT,
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