QADHAFI ADAPTS TO MID-EAST REALITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00865A002500070001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 24, 1975
• Content Type: REPORT

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s oi_A. r. .~C:'~ ves \i1 + 1 b .:.tC:.'r'srec1 in _.C- Ve a I _vcades also
1:)0 se C2 _. ical Long-1:anon Co`1S1 ce~rati ons thaw. wC. on heavily
r`,., .7 ~_. .: i f s r... r us li a 1', v
couches his 21`_i v k:i tcr!e_ i_. nea'_ _'S erms n,_
does xe"C)C~ryi zc ha a r~_yay.I co era ~. e allia-:ce with
ECV1J't--the o?11i' I1c iCP_JG' 1n C, CC 1 i ~ th can- rea isniCal-LV
insure Lii bva 1 s economic future--M s t rai`i tame ~.
For these and other reasons, reconciliation with Cairo
is now Libya's toff prior]. i' Qadhu i and al- u _ are of
one mina on this co-if wh Qive-S isn ce us to t he'! r efforts
in O he dir ct o s. ?? -tL i, howeveeer'?r views C1 or) C]
relations -v:i`h the MaQhreb as a_`1 ? i,:oo.'tan balance to Close
7 tic:, w F vpt and he as ap-Ja r n~ y'> b en the. I c iin
Y ^ morocco
oca s C: Ty:TJC Li S cone ~ i at ' c ~_ iL' e to' ar ^ae _-a a. Trier e are tentative ~ Sa en. ~ Tnan t 3~ _2 a aTiS
a Cl 1 r
i -1C to -i% c channel ci Co ..nicatiC1n
sewnCr#--esp C'_ s ~~ E moiler at.= Ar i! oC.
:, s d am; r~ for an _m~ro omen. in US -L ? bv an
latlOns stems from ca Co ale,- i:~of ST1vt VCS. Thee
include:
=ear that the US intends to nvadee Libyan olifieds
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_-a desire for U S a thor z t ion of asales o Tripoli
and _increased acc SS to U t cch L acac=iC
C: ce`t1SC.
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!')r n= I =L' 7'~i.ci;'_'e Such 1;= p-.%E_. tcashiricton's
One t: v TIL Q be CI rci m,Tehted.
WE. a e. s 1cJ..n o bE a:C V i_lia'~. the .:niter 1s
have hc. pie -nor hem -a or;'ccnd_,-ion for a C..aio ue.
ele se Q t i? - i 0 d1? cra that our aceulescence may
There are only the most tentative S=. cn s th at Qad!Ir i.
a.r .`C. to 6Jfy his T,)0c.l t? on on S +_C --Cis LG L^
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do J..n')i_er"vie Aa .e last month,
Last .C1 _S )L'',( . in
C._(2 ._~~ne c C?u ilL e6 enoorseir;enL O~ -he rincip e of
aG cur_ai-i.on? r bi ;:ee tr.en, -he ? ibyan re dia
1 Game ri\' c cureeCr=hed_ nv r)a,"ha i, has ]Z)f1 i C"a Qi1SZy
~." - ?Ol + us ua?. Z _' tan ne. -T~ 1' vghose aut orb L2
an G he r .'gime of _ 1 c.;-?iS have Q . occa_._'Ji sp^' ed
a o Q~. d tile' slue.
lexib Fitt' ' S a C rosin j, born out of necessity rather tha-i
urr) c ?' iool IS cti ty n th new : i re.c .ion of
e
Arab revolution rt ~.n. richao ='c ~_ C er eX Er.~e )c-s
superpoh'erSCa-nC __1.s corn t~rent to c s=uCd 3 Islamic
r,? it tal c to and ?S7 c e L', Y7 C>asic..a itagond-sT[ owaro t he
of Galles ti c..ninc his Lndam :n`a]. 'ie'wws . he suspect that nis
1l" cet ciI7 tit L ? i se i; liE j7robab + _has not reached, the poa-nt
withprese ~ ing and st.TenGthe` - what he ha a17ec]Q '
vision rec C` `G' S Ci th r15.~:.--Iia5 ^e C4; more co.ncerne
ac'i.evedd.
At this noi nt; however,
success of a'-HHLLni's efforts
in the 1-1iadle East.
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