CONCENTRATION OF ARMOR IN ADDIS ABABA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100100023-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 1999
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: October 22, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: CONCENTRATION OF ARMOR IN ADDIS ABABA
A LARGE 02FORCE OF TANKS AND SUPPORTING INFANTRY FROM THE
THIRD DIVISION IN U EASTERN ETHIOPIA WAS MOVED INTO ADDIS OABABA
THIS MORNING. THE FORCE WAS DEPLOYED AROUND A'PALACE IN WHICH
THE TRIALS OF 31 0993N3F 9i33 33r9 9911 1 3DETAINED ARISTOCRATS AND
FORMER OFFICIALS WILL BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME OF THE PRISONERS REPORTEDLY
WERE-MOVED RECENTLY TO THE PALACE FROM FOURTH DIVISION HEADQUARTERS
WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN HELD SINCE THEIR ARRESTS.
THE ARMED FORCES COORDINATING COMMITTEE HAS ALSO DECIDED TO
MOVE I023 TS HEADQUARTERS TO THE PALACE AND FELT THE NEED FOR
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ADDITIONAL SECURITY AROUND THE COMPOUND. THE ARMOR POWER CON-
CENTRATION, HOWEVER, IS IN EXCESS OF WHAT IS NEEDED TO PROTECT
THE AREA. THE MODERATES WHO PRESENTLY CONTROL THE COORDINATING
COMMITTEE APPARENTLY WANTED TO OVERAWE THEIR OPPONENTS. THE
MODERATES ARE CONCERNED THAT SUPPORTERS OF THE ARISTOCRATS MIGHT
INSTIGATE DISORDERS DURING THE TRIALS; THEY ALSO FEAR THE POTENTIAL
FOR TROUBLEMAKING BY THEIR DRADICAL OPPONENTS IN THE MILITARY--
OALTHOUGH THIS GROUP CAME OUT SECOND BEST IN RECENT CONFRONTATIONS
WITH THE MOIRIDERATES.
a ADDIS ABABA REMAINED CALM THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
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