MALI-UPPER VOLTA BORDER DISPUTE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100120016-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 1998
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: December 17, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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DATE: 17 DEC 74
SUBJECT: MALI-UPPER VOLTA BORDER DISPUTE
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RELATIONS BETWEEN MALI AND UPPER VOLTA MAY BE DETERIORATING
BECAUSE OF ARMED CLASHES IN A BORDER AREA THAT HAS BEEN IN DISPUTE
SINCE THE TWO COUNTRIES BECAME INDEPENDENT IN 1960. THE CLASHES
AND THE UPPER VOLTA GOVERNMENT'S DECISION ON TUESDAY TO PLACE ITS
ARMY AND GENDARMERIE ON ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE MOVE TO THE DISPUTED
AREA INDICATE THAT TALKS BETWEEN MALIAN PRESIDENT TRAORE AND UPPER
VOLTAN PRESIDENT LAMIZANA EARLIER THIS MONTH FAILED AGAIN TO SOLVE
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THE CLASHEOS PROBABLY RESULTED FROM OVER ZEALOUS TROOPS
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TO EXPRESS PUBLICLY A DESIRE TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE THROUGH
NEGOTIATIONS. PRESIDENT LAMIZANA HAS REPORTEDLY SENT A DELEGATION
TO MOGADISCIO TO SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM OAU CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT SIAD.
THE TWO LEADERS WILL PROBABLY REACH AN ACCOMMODATION EVENTUALLY.
LAMIZANA AND TRAORE ARE OLD FRIENDS AND APPEAR TO BE SINCERE ABOUT
THEIR DESIRE TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE PEACEFULLY.
THE AREA IN QUESTION IS REPORTED TO BE FERTILE AND RICH IN
MINERALS, INCLUDING OIL. NOflMADS FROM BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN
INTERMINGLING IN THE AREA FOR YEARS. E2 IMDPET.d
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