MILITARY TAKEOVER IN NORTH YEMEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100130040-0
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: June 13, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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A MILITARY COMMAND COUNCIL LED BY THE RIGHTIST DEPUTY
COMMANDER OF THE ARMED FORCES HAMDI TOOK POWER TODAYQ; SANA
DOMESTIC RADIO AT 1354 EDT ANNOUNCED THAT MARTIAL LAW HAD BEEN
DECLARED.
THE CRISIS DEVELOPED OVER DEMANDS BY THE HEAD OF THE
CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY, SHEIKH AL-AHMAR, FOR THE RESIGNATION
OF PRESIDENT IRYANI. AL-AHMAR AND OTHER CONSERVATIVE ELEMENTS
CHASTISED IRYANI FOR NOT TAKING SUFFICIENTLY FIRM MEASURES
WITH IRAQ AND BAATHI PLOTTERS AFTER DISCOVERING AN ILL-CON-
CEIVED SCHEME TO TOPPLE THE SANA GOVERNMENT. PRESIDENT IRYANI
RESIGNED UNDER PRESSURE TODAY AND RETIRED TO HIS COUNTRY HOME
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FOR THE MOMENT, THE RULING MILITARY COUNCIL HAS ASKED
PRIME MINISTER MAKKI TO REMAIN IN OFFICE. COLONEL_HAMDI HAS
POSTED TROOPS AT THE SANA
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HOWEVER, BETWEEN THE ARMY
SOME OF WHOM HAVE ENTERED
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AND TRIBAL FORCES OF SHEIKH AL-AHMAR,
THE CAPITAL. AL-AHMAR HAD EARLIER
CAPITAL WITH ARMED TRIBAL FOLLOWERS",
OF OUSTING IRYANI HAD ALREADY BEEN
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