QADHAFI'S SPEECH IN MISURATA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05-01559R000400390035-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2012
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: October 8, 1983
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM AMEMBASSY ROME
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4149
INFO RUFHOL/AMEMBASSY BONN 8430
RUEHLD/AMEMBASSY LONDON 8371
RUFHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 5157
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OME 23952
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E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL LY IT
SUBJECT: QADHAFI"S SPEECH IN MISURATA
REF: ROME 23861
1. (LOU) ITALIAN DAILIES OF 10/8 GIVE COVERAGE TO
LIBYAN LEADER QADHAFI'S OCT. 7 SPEECH ON THE 14TH ANNI-
VERSARY OF THE EXPULSION OF ITALIAN RESIDENTS IN LIBYA.
FOLLOWING IS A PRECIS OF KEY REMARKS ON ITALIO-LIBYAN
RELATIONS. WE SURMISE THE FULL TEXT WILL BE CARRIED ON
FBIS.
-- THE NEWLY INSTALLED SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT IN ITALY
SHOULD PAY DOUBLE IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM OF
DAMAGES COMMITTED AGAINST THE LIBYAN PEOPLE DURING THE
COLONIAL PERIOD. THIS WOULD OPEN A NEW CHAPTER IN BI-
LATERAL RELATIONS.
-- AS OF 1983, ITALY HAS NEVER ADMITTED ITS RESPONSI-
BILITIES FOR THE PAST.
-- TWICE THE UNITED NATIONS HAS APPROVED RESOLUTIONS
RECOGNIZING THE JUSTICE OF OUR CLAIMS.
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? CONFIDENTIAL ?
-- "IF WE DON'T ARRIVE AT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GOOD
(SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT) ALONG THE LINES TRACED BY THE
UNITED NATIONS, FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST HUMAN LIVES AND
GOODS CAN ACT IN THE MANNER THEY SEE FIT IN ORDER TO
OBTAIN FROM ITALY THAT WHICH IS THEIR DUE. WE HOPE
THINGS WON'T COME TO THIS POINT. STILL FROM THIS DAY ON,
AN OPEN FILE EXISTS BETWEEN OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS AND WE
WILL DO ALL POSSIBLE TO OBLIGE THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO
PAY A PRICE."
2. (LOU) THE NEWSPAPERS JUDGE QADHAFI'S TONE PARTICULAR-
LY HARD AND NOTE THAT HIS SPEECH WAS GIVEN IN MISURATA,
WHERE AN IMPORTANT BATTLE TOOK PLACE IN 1923 BETWEEN
LIBYANS AND ITALIANS. THE PRESS ALSO NOTES THAT QADHAFI
IS CLAIMING APPROXIMATELY 40 BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES
AND THAT THIS CLAIM, ALONG WITH LIBYAN UNHAPPINESS OVER
THE PARTICIPATION OF ITALIAN TROOPS IN THE LEBANESE MNF,
CLOSE TIES BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ITALY AND THE FORTHCOMING
INSTALLATION OF CRUISE MISSILES IN SICILY, ADD FLAMES TO
QADHAFI'S FIRE.
3. (CONF) NEWSPAPERS REPORT, AND MFA CONFIRMS, THAT THE
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR IN LIBYA WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE
SPEECH. MFA IS AWAITING AMBASSADOR QUARONI'S ANALYSIS
OF THE SPEECH AND WILL PROVIDE US WITH A READOUT NEXT
WEEK. RABB
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TEXT=LIBYA (MUAMMAR (QADHAFI)) BF
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