MIDDLE EAST AFRICA SOUTH ASIA

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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 3, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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April 3, 1975
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MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA - SOUTH ASIA
This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the Middle East - Africa Division, Office of Current Intelligence,
with occasional contributions from other offices within the Directorate of
Intelligence. Comments and queries are welcome. They should be directed to
the authors of the individual articles.
Saudi Arabia: National Guard Chief Named
Second Deputy Prime Minister . . . . . . . . . 3
Saudi Arabia: Fahd Affirms Saudi Interests
in Neighboring States . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Nigeria: Third De
velop
ment Plan Announced . . . 6
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Saudi Arabia
National Guard Chief Named Second
Deputy Prime Minister
King Khalid's appointment last week of Prince
Abdallah ibn Abd al-Aziz as second deputy prime
minister gives the conservative 53-year-old prince
a seat in the council of ministers. Abdallah will
retain command of the national guard.
Abdallah's new post technically makes him the
country's number-three man behind Khalid and Crown
Prince Fahd. Abdallah's impact on domestic poli-
tics and government policy, however, will remain
unclear until we get a reading on his influence
with the King and the role Khalid intends to take
in national affairs. By itself, the job of second
deputy prime minister does not give Abdallah much
added leverage. The second deputy is normally
restricted to chairing meetings of the council of
ministers in the absence of the prime minister and
first deputy.
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Abdallah's strength rests on his close ties
with the tribes and his leadership, since 1963, of
the national guard, a tribally recruited force
generally considered unswervingly loyal to him.
Abdallah makes an annual tour of the tribal areas,
where he distributes money and reinforces- the Saudi
family's hisi:oric ties with important tribal sheikhs
by entering brief marriages with their daughters.
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Saudi Arabia
Fahd Affirms Saudi Interests in Neighboring States
Crown Prince Fahd has affirmed the Saudi desire
to strengthen relations with neighboring states of
the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.. Fated, who made
,these points in an interview published in a Beirut
newspaper on Tuesday, specifically suggested a meeting
with South Yemeni leaders to deal with outstanding
roblems.
Last year, Fahd began to take a bigger role in
setting Saudi policy toward the two Yemens and the
Gulf countries. He advocated a conciliatory line
toward South Yemen--that is, one designed to move
Aden toward a moderation of its domestic and foreign
policies by using financial and political incentives.
An initiative toward South Yemen, particularly
coming so early in Khalid's reign, may indicate that
the Crown Prince believes his paramount position in
the regime is secure.
In the interview, Fahd announced his intention to
visit Iraq shortly, an indication that he attaches high
priority to closer relations with Baghdad. Fahd was
reportedly impressed by the "realism and adroitness"
of Iraqi strongman Saddam Husayn when the two met
recently at the OPEC summit meeting in Algiers.
Fahd also made a point of the need to strengthen
ties with Iran. He said that both Arab interests and
Gulf stability require close Saudi-Iranian cooperation,
and he praised the recent Iran-Iraq accord. Fahd is
expected to place-considerable importance on working
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Nigeria
Third Development Plan Announced
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General Gowon formally launched Nigeria's new
five-year, $48-billion development plan on March 29,
calling for active participation of foreign investors
and experts in carrying it out. In an effort to help
implement the plan, he also announced the creation of
six new ministries.
The plan, covering 1975 to 1980, calls for
investments of $32 billion in the public sector and
$16 billion in the private sector. The government
will probably have no problem financing the investments
out of oil revenues. However, the public sector,
which probably had investments of less than $2.5
billion during the last fiscal year, will find it
difficult to absorb its allocated expenditures. The
scarcity of Nigerian managerial and technical man-
power will be a constraint on development for some
time.
Almost half of public sector investment is slated
for industry and transport. Major planned projects
include two oil refineries, two liquified natural gas
plants, a petro-chemical complex, and an iron and
steel plant. Other priority investment areas are
petroleum, agriculture, education, housing, communi-
cations, power, and health care.
To encourage increased private investment, the
plan reduces the administrative red tape that previously
discouraged businessmen. It also relaxes foreign labor
quotas in order to minimize problems in obtaining skill-
ed personnel. At the same time, Gowon called for greater
Nigerian participation on the managerial and policy
levels of joint projects between local and foreign firms.
To help realize this goal Gowon said that the Lagos gov-
ernment will negotiate with "friendly countries" for
overseas technical training of Nigerian students at
Nigeria's expense. (CONFIDENTIAL)
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