CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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CIA-RDP79T00975A025100040002-7
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RIPPUB
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T
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7
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December 15, 2016
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March 12, 2004
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2
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Publication Date: 
August 20, 1973
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79TOO975AO2510$04 Secret Central Intelligence Bulletin 25X1 State Department review completed Top Secret 47 T 20 August 1973 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO25100040002-7 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO25100040002-7 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO25100040002-7 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO25100040002-7 25X1 25X1 1 20 August Central Intelligence Bulletin YEMEN (SANA): President Iryani resigns. (Page 3) Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975A02510004000P-7 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO25100040002-7 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO25100040002-7 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO25100040002-7 *YEMEN {SANA}: PRESIDENT ABD AR-RAHMAN IRYANI HAS SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION TO THE NORTH YEMENI LEGISLATURE. THE ACTION BY THE 63-YEAR-OLD CHIEF EXECUTIVE COULD BE A TACTICAL MANEUVER. IRYANI, A POLITICAL MODERATE, MAY ANTICIPATE THAT HE WILL BE PREVAILED UPON TO REMAIN IN OFFICE IN ORDER TO AVERT A CRISIS OVER THE SELECTION OF A SUCCESSOR. IRYANI WOULD THEREBY PRESUMABLY BE IN A STRONGER POSITION TO DEAL WITH HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS AT HOME--INCLUDING PRIME MINISTER HAJRI--AND WITH PRESSURES FROM ABROAD. BELIEVES - TION WAS PRECIPITATED BY THE OPEN INTERFERENCE IN DOMESTIC POLITICS BY THE SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR. IRYANI SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN CHARGING RECENTLY THAT THE SAUDIS ARE WORKING TO BRING DOWN THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT AND REPLACE IT WITH ONE THAT WILL SUPPORT A MORE AGGRESSIVE STANCE TOWARD THE LEFTIST REGIME IN YEMEN {ADEN}. BACKERS OF PRESIDENT IRYANI IN THE CABINET HAVE TOLD THE US EMBASSY IN SANA THAT THEY FEAR SERIOUS DOMESTIC REPERCUSSIONS SHOULD IRYANIdS RESIGNATION BE ACCEPTED. IRYANI HAS THE REPUTATION OF BEING ABOUT THE ONLY YEMENI LEADER ON THE SCENE TODAY CA- PABLE OF BRIDGING THE COUNTRY"S POLITICAL AND SEC- TARIAN DIVISIONS. TO BECOME EFFECTIVE, THE PRESIDENT'S RESIGNA- TION MUST BE ACCEPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH BE- GAN A TWO-MONTH RECESS SEVERAL DAYS AGO. EFFORTS ARE ALREADY UNDER WAY TO PERSUADE IRYANI--WHO HAS BEEN IN -- REMAIN IN OF- FICE. *Because of the shortage of time for preparation of this item, the analytic interpretation presented here has been produced by the Central Intelli- gence Agency without the participation of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense. 20 Aug 73 Central Intelligence Bulletin 3 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975A02510004000P-7 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO25100040002-7 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO25100040002-7 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO25100040002-7 Top Secret Top Secret Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO25100040002-7