MORE ON AL-QADHDHAFI'S REMARKS ON EGYPT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05-01559R000400370108-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2012
• Sequence Number: 108
• Publication Date: September 2, 1976
• Content Type: CABLE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/03: CIA-RDP05-01559R000400370108-6
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MORE ON AL-QADHDHAFIIS REMARKS ON EGYPT
LD021416Y REF LD021136Y (REOPENING TRIPOLI ARNA ENGLISH ?020824
ARNA REPORTS AL-'QADHDHAFI'S COMMENTS ON EGYPT)
TRIPOLI ARNA IN ENGLISH 1125 GMT 2 SEP 76 LD
((1EXT)) TRIPOLI--((XXX AWAY FROM CAIRO.)) COL. AL-
QADHpHAFI ASSERTED THAT AS-SADAT WOULD COMMIT A FILLY IF HE
CLOSES THE LAST OUTLET FOR EGYPT WITH THE L.A.R.
HE SAID THAT PRESIDENT AS-SADAT WANTED TO TURN EGYPT INTO
A BIG PRISON, ADDING THAT THE LIBYAN ARAB PEOPLE ARE.AWARE OF
THE INTEREST OF THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE AND OF THE COMMON DESTINY
OF THE TWO PEOPLES,
COL-AL-QADHOHAFI POINTED OUT THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
FOR AS-SADAT TO CONTEMPLATE HOW TU UNIFY THE TWO COUNTRIES IN
ORDER TO SOLVE THE INTERNAL PROBLEMS AND TO DRAW .4 LESSON FROM
THE PAST.
AS-SADAT SHOULD HAVE ALSO THOUGHT WITH THE MENTALITY OF THE
OLD EXPERIENCED MAN' RATHER THAN PRACTISING HIS POLICY IN A
VERY STUPID MANNER,
COL. AL-QADHOHAFI INQUIRED WHETHER AS-SADAT WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR SUCH A STUPID POLICY OR HIS ORGANS HAD BLINDED AND MISLED
HIM.
COL. AL-QADHDHAFI SAID THAT PRESIDENT AS^SADAT STILL1HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY, IF HE SAYS THAT PALESTINE IS FOR THE PALESTINIANS
AND SHOULD BE LIBERATED,, WE ARE WITH HIM, IF HE SPEAKS.OF THE
INEVITIABILTY AND NECESSITY OF ARAB UNITY, WE ARE AGAIN WITH
HIM. BUT IF HE SAYS THAT PALESTINE IS FOR THE :ISRAELIS.AND
THAT ARAB UNITY IS A MYTH AND AN IMAGINARY EMPIRE, WE ARE AGAINST
HIM AND WILL NEVER MEET HIM.
THE REVOLUTION LEADER INQUIRED WHETHER THE G6'NBOATES BY
WHICH THE EGYPTIAN ARMY CROSSED THE SUEZ CANAL ON THE TENTH
OF RAMADAN WERE THE LIBYAN BOATS,
HE ADDED, "WE HANDED OVER 1d5OO TANKS FITTED WITH ELECTRONIC
WEAPONS TO EGYPT, AND EQUIPPED THE EGYPTIAN ARMI WITH 1,.000
COMPUTERIZED FIELD GUNS TOGETHER WITH 30 MIRAGE AIRCRAFT TO
DEFEND THE EGYPTIAN TERRITORY",
"WE LOST 107 TANKS ON THE CANAL," HE CONTINUED.
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COL. AL-QADHDHAFI AFFIRMED THE NONEXISTENCE DF PERSONAL
PROBLEMS WITH PRESIDENT AS-SADAT, BUT THERE ARE ISSUES WHICH
WE UNDERSTAND DIFFERENTLY.
HC SAID "THIS DOES NOT PREVENT A GET TOGETHER TO DETERMINE
THE ISSUES ON WHICH WE AGREE OR DISAGREEM"
HE EXPOUNDED THAT IT IS NOT IN THE INTEREST OF EGYPT.AND
THE ARAB NATION TO CONTINUE THE POLICY CURRENTLY PURSUED BY
THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT WHICH CONSTITUTES A BETRAYAL OF THE
PAN-ARAB CAUSE AND THE EGYPTIAN NATIONAL CAUSE.
COL. AL-WADHDHAFI ASSERTED THAT THE ARAB MASSES IN EGYPT
AND EVERY WHERE IN THE ARAB HOMELAND ARE ATTACHED T01-HE FIRST
OF SEPTEMBER REVOLUTION.
HE ADDED THAT THE L.A.R. IS THE STRONGHOLD OF TEE FREE
PEOPLE AND THE NATURAL ALLY TO THE ARAB MASSES THAT SLPRORT
US AND STAND WITH US9
CONCLUDING HE SAID., "WE SHALL ALWAYS REMAIN WITH THE OPPRESSED
PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING AGAINST RACIAL DISCRI:NINATION IN AFRICA
AND AGAINST FASCISM IN LATIN AMERICA." 021125 FOX/MF 0Z/1446Z SEP
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