AL-QADHDHAFI INTERVIEW

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CIA-RDP05-01559R000400380011-2
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RIFPUB
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U
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2
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December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
January 23, 2012
Sequence Number: 
11
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Publication Date: 
September 26, 1977
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CABLE
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Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/01/23: CIA-RDP05-01559R000400380011-2 MSGNO 167 ( F B X X ) CR #27/09/77*.*Q4028* PTTI,IZYUW RUDOMKA0903 269'145f UUUU 15'].0: 4Z RUTLAAA, ZNR UUUU 15110;15Z U ZZH ZYN P 261415Z SEP 77 FM FBIS LONDON UK TO RHFRAAB/CINCUSAFE INO RAMSTEIN AB G RUDONBA/CINCUSNAVEUR N=2 LONDON UK RUDORRA/USNMR SHAPE BE RUEBFGA/VOA WASH DC RUFDAAA/USAREUR DEP COF TNT RUFRMAA/COMIDEASTFQR RUFRMAA/COMSIXTHFLT RUQMFV/FBIS TEL AVIV IS RUQMIF/FBIS AMMAN JO RUSNAAA/USCINCEUR VAI.HINGEN GE RUTLAAA/FBIS WASH DC RUEHDM/AMEMB DAMASCUS SY RUEHEG/AMEMB CAIRO EG RUFLSJA/FBIS ATHENS GR RUQMFV/AMEMB TEL AVIV IS RUQMIF/AMEMB AMMAN JO RUQMJR/AMCONGEN JERUSALEM RUQMTI/AMEMB TRIPOLI LY RUQMRA/AMEMB JIDDA $A FBLD BT EZll UNCLAS RUPO ?; EZ21 T-j CTION IMMEDIATELY ATTN SHAPEI PASS TO,;SURVEY S LD261415Y TAKE 3 OF'3 LD2614 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? PARIS LE MONDE IN FRENCH ((TEXT)) PRE IDENT CIVIL PEACE AND INCLUDING CHAD? SUDAN AND, ESPECIALLY, MAGHREB CDUNTRIESA ''THE DISPUTE ABOUT WEST SAHARA IS FRAUGHT WITH DANGERS," HE STATED. ''IF THE PARTIES CONCERNED WERE TO REMAIN INTRANSIGENT, A LARGEmSCALE WAR WOULD INEVITABLY FOLCOW THE PRESENT SKIRMrSHESI BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT THIS IS TO SETTLE THE,PROBLEM WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A MAGHREB CONFEDERATION.=THE DISPUTED TERRITORY OF SAHARA WOULD HAVE ITS OWN PLACE WITHIN IT TN THE FORM OF A POLITICAL ENTITY WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE DEFINED, "I HAVE SUBMITTED MY PLAN TQ THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES CONCERNED' TELLING THEM THAT MY AIM WAS TO INDUCE THEM TO MAKE A MINIMUM OF CONCESSIONS LIKELY TO LEAD TO AN AGREEMENT. I BELIEVE TWAT THE MAIN THING IS TO START A DIALOG DURING THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE CREATION OF A CONFEDERATION WHICH ARE ALREADY TAKING PLACE. NOT ONLY MOROCCO; MAURITANIA AND TUNISIA, WHICH WOULD BELONG WITH ALGERIA TO SUCH A CONFEDERATION, BUT ALSO SPAIN, WHICH HAS MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD SAHARA, HAVE IMMEDIATELY ASKED ME TO VISIT THEM. I WILL GD ON SUCH A TOUR WITHIN THE NEXT 3 OR 4 MONTHS,. "I HAVE ADDITIONAL REASONS FOR FEELING CONFIDENT THAT MY.UNDERm TAKING WILL PROVE SUCCESSFUL'. PRESIDENTS BOURGUIBA,e BOUMEDI'ENE AND OULD DADDAH TOLD ME AS FAR BACK AS THE FALL OF 1973 THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF SUCH A CONFEbERATI.ON;';r." ((QUESTION)) IS.KING HASSAN II PREPARED to ACCEPT A SPECIAL POLITICAL STATUS FOR SAHARA? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENE WOULD AGREE TO THAT TERRITORY REMAINING UNDER MOROCCAN GQNTROL? ((ANSWER)) THE i'ING OF MOROCCO 'HAS OXPRESSED NO OPINI'ON,.ON THE SUBJECT BUTm-AND THIS IS AN ENCOURAGING FACT--INFORMED HE THAT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WOULD BE DONE TO INSURE ?HE SUCCESS OF MY COMING IYrr=AL-QADHDHAFI INTERVIEW 26 SEP 77 XXX COULD BE ACHIEVED@" QADHDHAFI STATED THAT HE IS IN FAVOR OF NAL RECONCILIATIUN IN ACL AFRICANCQUNTRIES, QcT 7 U 55 AN '11 Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/01/23: CIA-RDP05-01559R000400380011-2 Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/01/23: CIA-RDP05-01559R000400380011-2 MSGNO 167 (FBXX) CRE *27/09/77c.*04s28# VISIT. AS FOR THE ALGERIAN PRESIDENT, HE IS NOT DIRECTLY CONCERNED BY THE PROBLEM SINCE IT FALLS WITHIN POLISARIQIS PROVINCE. ((QUESTION)) WITH REFERENCE TO THIS, WHY HAVE YOU NOT RECOGNIZED THE GOVERNMENT FORKED BY POLISARID? PRESIDENT AL QADHDHAFI 'REPLIED WITH A SMILE; !'PERHAPS WISDOM AND THE NEED, FOR A COMPROMISE REQUIRE A CER'T'AIN CAUTION ON MY PART..;," 25,26 SEP AP/BENNETT/ML 26/15072 SEP ENDALL BT #0903 NNNN NNDD DISSEMINEES! CRE 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0 M 0 0 0 Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/01/23: CIA-RDP05-01559ROO0400380011-2