<SANITIZED> SUBJ:ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SEYCHELLES NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND THE POPULAR RESISTANCE MOVEMENT

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• Publication Date: September 20, 1986

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(0 _ SUBJ: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE
SEYCHELLES NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND THE POPULAR
RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
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Dates:
Date Acquired:
Date Published: 20-Sep-1986 14:18:00
Date Received: 20-Sep-1986 15:20:06
Coverage:
CIA Country Code: SYC
Region: AFRICA, SEYCHELLES
Publisher:
Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
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($ 11 \SEYCHELLES NATIONAL MOVEMENT (SNM)
AND THE POPULAR
RESISTANCE MOVEMENT (MPR) ARE TWO SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS WITH DIFFERENT
TASKS. THE GROUPS, HOWEVER, SHARE THE SAME OBJECTIVE -- TO OVERTHROW THE
CURRENT SEYCHELLES GOVERNMENT AND ESTABLISH A PRO-WEST DEMOCRACY.
BOTH THE SNM AND THE MPR, WITH OVERLAPPING MEMBERSHIP, ARE
CONSIDERED EQUAL PARTNERS AND THE COOPERATION IS EXCELLENT.
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2. THE 29 NOVEMBER 1985
ASSASINATION OF SNM PRESIDENT GERARD C.A. ((HOARAU)) LED TO A HEATED
DEBATE WITHIN THE SNM TO DETERMINE WHO WOULD SUCCEED THE LATE
PRESIDENT. SEVERAL MEMBERS WANTED TO SEE THE LATE SNM PRESIDENT'S (b)(1)
BROTHER, RALPH ((HOARAU)), NOMINATED TO THE KEY POSITION. (b)(3)
THIS ARGUMENT LASTED SEVERAL MONTHS AND THE HOARAU FAMILY (b)(1)
EVENTUALLY DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE BEST IF ANOTHER PERSON WAS SELECTED. (bp)
THIS LED THE SNM LEADERSHIP TO ASK GABRIEL ((HOARAU )),_WHO IS NOT RELATED TO
THE LATE SNM PRESIDENT, TO ASSUME THE OFFICE. THIS INTERNAL (b)(1)
DISPUTE WAS THE REASON WHY THE LATE SNM PRESIDENT'S BURIAL WAS (b)(3)
POSTPONED UNTIL 6 MAY 1986.
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3. SNM PRESIDENT GABRIEL HOARAU, KNOWN AS "GABY," RETAINS HIS (b)(3)
POSITION AS SNM CHAIRMAN IN BRUSSELS BUT OFTEN TRAVELS TO LONDON WHERE
THE SNM MAINTAINS ITS MAIN OFFICE. SNM VICE PRESIDENT EDMOND ((CAMILLE)) AND
SECRETARY GENERAL CHOW BOTH RESIDE IN LONDON. THESE THREE OFFICIALS ARE
AT THE TOP OF THE SNM EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, WHICH INCLUDES THE LATE
PRESIDENT'S BROTHERS RALPH AND EDWARD WHO RESIDE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND
SOMETIMES LONDON. OTHER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE RAUL (b)(3)
((GERMAIN)), CHAIRMAN OF THE YOUTH MOVEMENT OF THE SEYCHELLES, AND ROBERT
((FINCH)), CHAIRMAN OF THE SNM CHAPTER IN AUSTRALIA. THERE ARE ALSO SNM
MEMBERS LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES (U.S.)
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND (b)(1)
OTHER SNM PERSONNEL COMMUNICATE REGULARLY.
OF UNIDENTIFIED EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE SEYCHELLES.
PRESIDENT HOARAU ENJOYS A GOOD COMMAND OF THE
ORGANIZATION AND IS RESPECTED AMONG SEYCHELLOIS ABROAD.
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4. hiFIE SNM HAS THREE MAIN OBJECTIVES. FIRST, (b)(1)
THE ORGANIZATION IS TO SERVE AS A RALLYING POINT FOR ALL SEYCHELLOIS WHO (b)(3)
OPPOSE THE CURRENT VICTORIA GOVERNMENT. SECOND, THE SNM IS CHARGED WITH
OBTAINING FUNDS FOR ITSELF AND FOR THE MPR. FINALLY, THE SNM IS (b)(1)
TASKED WITH OBTAINING EXTERNAL SUPPORT FROM WESTERN COUNTRIES., (b)(3)
JeS/ 5. THE MPR, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
GATHERING INTELLIGENCE, PREPARING ACTUAL OPERATIONAL SC FOR THE
TAKEOVER OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND EXECUTING THESE PLANS. LMOST
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ALL MEMBERS OF THE MPR ARE IN THE
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SEYCHELLES, INCLUDING THE UNIDENTIFIED MPR LEADER.",
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Agency Acronym: CIA
Office Name: NCS
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