AL-QADHDHAFI: LIBYA, ALGERIA WILL TAKE 'JOINT ACTION'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05-01559R000400370038-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2012
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: February 14, 1976
• Content Type: CABLE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/03: CIA-RDP05-01559R000400370038-4
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TRIPOLI VOICE OF THE ARAB HOMELAND IN ARABIC 2315 GMT 13 FEB 76 LD
((TEXT)) BROTHER CDL MU'AMMAR Al,, QADHDHAFI, THE TRUSTEE OF
ARAB NATIONALISM, HAS DECLARED THAT THE I?AR IS UNDERTAKING WITH.
ALGERIA A JOINT ACTION WHICH, GOD WILLING, WILL EVENTUALLY REALIZE
THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE MASSES OF THE ENTIRE ARAB NATION, AND
IILL PRESERVE THE VITAL INTERESTS OF THE ARAB PEOPLES IN BOTH
COUNTRIES IN PARTICULAR AND IN THE ARAB NATION IN GENERAL', HE
AID THIS JOINT ACTION IS THE SOUND FRAMEWORK IN WHICH THE PEOPLE'S
INTERESTS ARF PLACED AND WHICH ((WORDS INDISTINCT)) WITHIN IT.
IN A STATEMENT AT THE END OF HIS TALKS IN TRIPOLI YESTERDAY
IITH AL(ERIAN PRESIDENT HOUARI BOUMEDIENE,'THE BROTHER COLONEL
!AID THAT THE ACTION WILL BE OF ESPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE, PARTICULARLY
CURING THE-PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE ARAB NATION IS
FACING EXTREMELY GRAVE CHALLENGES BY THE IMPERIALIST FORCES
ABROAD AND BY THE REACTIONARY FORCES AT HOME WHO, UNFORTUNATELY,
IRE ALLIED WITH THE IMPERIALIST FORCES.
HE ADDED; UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE ALLOW THE REVOLUTIONS
IND WEALTH OF THE ARAB NATION TQ BE STOLENa NEITHER WILL
b E ALLOW THE ENEMIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR AM6ITIONS, BECAUSE WE ALSO
tRE STRONG AND CAPABLE OF MEETING CHALLENGES AND CARRYING OUT WORK,
OL'R POTENTIALS FNABLF US TO ACHIEVE VICTORY AGAINST-THE ENEMIES?
GUD WILLING.
THE BROTHER COLONEL CONTINUED( "WE ARE S!1RONG. AND WE ARE AWARE
F OUR HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD OUR TWO COUNTRIES AND
PFRECIATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF-THE WORK WE ARE NOW DOING. OUR
SENSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF OUR ACTION IS MATCHED BY OUR
a13ILIT-Y TO SHOULDER THIS HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY,
THE BROTHER COLONEL WAS ASKED WHETHER THIS MEANS SHIFTING FROM THE
)EFENSIVE TO THE OFFENSIVE; HE REPLIED: THAT IS THE CORRECT
aND REQUIRED CONCLUSION. 132315 KESTNER/PJ 14/0031Z FEB
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Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/03: CIA-RDP05-01559R000400370038-4