COLOMBIAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000700030090-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 90
• Publication Date: April 12, 1983
• Content Type: CABLE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/12/07: CIA-RDP08CO1297R000700030090-5
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MSGNO 15 (STXX) ''12/04/83 16:17*
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TAGS: PREL, CO, VE
SUBJECT: COLOMBIAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS
REF: FBIS CHIVA CHIVA PN 4614 0990223 DATED 9 APR 83
1. CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.
2. rACCORDING.'TO THE CHIEF OF-'INTELLIGENCE- OF COLOMBIAN)
AARMED FORCES,: THE CLASHES BETWEEN VENEZUELAN AND
COLOMBIAN MILITARY DESCRIBED IN REF DID NOT TAKE
PLACE. IN FACT,'MEMBERS OF THE COUNTRIES' ARMED
(FORCES MET LAST WEEK TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO JOINTLY-,
CONFRONT THE KIDNAPPERS AND CATTLE RUSTLERS THAT 1
OPERATE IN_THE BORDER AREA. (ACCORDING TO "EL TIEMPO",
THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 30 KIDNAPPINGS ALONG
THE VENEZUELAN-COLOMBIAN BORDER IN THE PAST YEAR.)
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/12/07: CIA-RDP08CO1297R000700030090-5