CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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August 20, 1973
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YEMEN (SANA): President Iryani resigns.
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*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.
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