DECISION ON FUTURE LEADERSHIP OF THE AFRICAN PARTY FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF PORTUGUESE GUINEA AND THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS (PAIGC)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06814852
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2022
• Case Number: F-2018-01460
• Publication Date: February 12, 1973

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SUBJECT DEC Is ION ON FUTURE LFADERSH P � 011' Talt AFRICAN
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1. THE DEEP AND CONTI Ole IVINtlifilk iid.A"fre SLACK MEMBERS OF
THE AFRICAN PARTY FOR .tiii'.ittailleft*iCk:.014..i.ielltTUdIIESE GUINEA AND THE
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS (PA Itie!) TIA.14f. 'itifpg:.VELPIAN MEMBERS HAS FORCED A
COMPROMISE SOLUTION .1'.6:11tEls". t;ittffrifit8641Nt A NEW PA IGC LEADER
UNDER TERMS OF THIS cotaiiloit�.g ..1461;:iit Klima WILL BE HELD TO CHOOSE
A NV LEADER UNTIL AFTER ..Acifroit. I5EPENDENCE IS ACHIEVED. IN THE
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MEANTIME, BOTH SIDES HAW AGREE'. r TO MAINTAIN AR ISTIDES PERE 'I R A
AS INTERIM SECRETARY OENEitAL., -1A�ND TO WA IT UNTIL INDEPENDENCE IS WON
TO SELECT THE PRESIDENT OF Ilit'lfEW:.'COUNTRY FROM AMONG THE MILITARY
COMMANDERS WHO HAVE BEENe: THE -1.40�.71 SUCCESSFUL IN COMBAT
SINCE A MILgAit..C-**ttimi � ASSASSINATION, THE CAPE
VERDIAN ELITE OF THE' PAI0C � HAVE COME TO .REALIZE THAT BLACK RESENT-.
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MENT AGAINST THEM IS SO WIDESPRELD THAT NO CAPE VERDIA corLD BE
CHOSEN AS PERMANENT LEADER OF THE PAIGC WITHOUT SPL3TTINO THE
MOVEMENT IN TWO. THE BLACK ELEMENTS, HOWEVER, WHILE REFUSING TO
ACCEPT ANOTHER CAPE VERDIAN AS SECRETARY GENERAL, ALSO REALIZE
THAT THEY HAVE FEW LEGITIMATE CANDIDATES TO REPLACE CABRAL,. AND THAT
THEY ARE MORE DEPENDENT ON THE CAPE VERDIAN LEADERSHIP THAN THEY
HAD THOUGHT. BOTH SIDES CONSIDER PEREIRA TO BE RELATIVELY "HARM-
LESS", SO IN THE INTERESTS OF UKTY AGAINST TME COMMON PORTUGUESE
ENEMY, THIS COMPROMISE HAS BEEN EFFECTED. IN EFFECT, HOWEVER, THE
PROBLEM HAS BEEN MERELY POSTPONE) BECAUSE THE MORITY OF SENIOR
MILITARY COMMANDERS ARE ALSO CAPE VERDIAN'S...)
2. PEREIRA WILL MOVE THL ACTIVE HEADQUARTERS OF THE PAIGC
FROM CONAKRY TO A LOCATION IN THE INTERIOR OF PORTYCESE.GUINEA
WITHIN TWO TO THREE MONTHS. ONLY A SMALL CRON' OF PAiCC AUM1NITRA-
TINE PERSONNEL WILL REMAIN PERMANENTLY TN CONAKRY.
3.
CLASSIFIED BY RECORDED REPORTING OFFICER. EXEMPT FROM GENERAL
DECLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE OF E.O.
IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE DATE OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSTFJCATION.
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