SOME ETHIOPIAN TROOPS ON ALERT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100100004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 2, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO: IMMEDIATE WHITE HOUSE//SITUATION ROOM FOR MR FAZIO,
STATE RCI//OPERATIONS CENTER MR FRY, NMCC//ATTENTION
CIA REP, TREASURY DEPT//INFO FOR MR JOHN YEO.Y
SUBJECT: SOME ETHIOPIAN TROOPS ON ALERT
THIS PRECAUTION APPARENTLY IS RELATED TO THE MARATHON MEETING
OF THE 120-MAN ARMED FORCES COORDINATING COMMITTEE WHICH TOOK
PLACE ON OCTOBER 1. UNITS OF THE ARMED FORCES REPORTEDLY TOOK
OPPOS-TNG'SI'DES AS TO T1-IE'TIMING 'AND'CTRCU'MSTANCES?'OF A RETURN TO
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CIVILIAN RULE--EARLIER PROMISED BY THE MILITARY. -THOSE UNITS
WHICH FAVOR PROLONGED MILITARY RULE APPEAR TO HAVE WON THIS ROUND.
THEIR OPPONENTS-?-WH0 INCLUDF, SOME OF THE IMPERIAL BODYGUARD DIVI-
SION-, THE AIRFORCE, PARATROOPERS., AND SPECIALIZED UNITS--ARE
PROBABLY STILL UNRECONCILED. THEY FAVOR RESTRUCTURING THE
PRES",'.'ENT GOVERNMENT AND TAKING A MORE RADICAL POLICY LINE.
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