VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA: CALDERA TO VISIT LOS MONJES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000700060007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 29, 1971
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA: CALDERA TO VISIT LOS MONJES
TODAY'S PRESS REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT CALDERA INTENDS
VISIT LOS MONJES ISLANDS ON SUNDAY MAY 2. PRESIDENTIAL VISIT
TO TINY LOS MONJES "ISLANDS" WHERE VENEZUELANS HAVE RECENTLY
PUT UP SOME CONSTRUCTION WORK IS PROBABLY DESIGNED AS SYMBOLIC
GESTURE VENEZUELAN PRESENCE ON LOS MONJES TO REINFORCE
VENEZUELAN POSITION THAT LOS MONJES ARE ACTUALLY ISLANDS
\WHICH HAVE LEGAL CLAIM TO CONTINENTAL SHELF AND TERRITORIAL
SEAS. GP-4.
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/21: CIA-RDP08C01297R000700060007-4