MEETING OF AFRICA NSCIG , 1 MAY 1969

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01439R000500090027-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: May 1, 1969
• Content Type: MFR

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1 May 1969
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SUBJECT: Meeting of Africa NSCIG, 1 May 1969
1. Today I accompaniedi of Africa
Division, DDP to a meeting called by Assistant Secretary
Palmer to discuss the sale of aircraft to Libya as out-
lined in AF/NSC-IG Memorandum No. 13 of 29 April 1969.
2. Thorough discussion produced no significant
opposition to the sales program and to the recommendations
outlined on page 6 of the State Department attachment
to the memorandum. At the end of the meeting, Ambassador
Newsom, who was present, in seeking guidance (he is under
pressure from the Libyans to produce an early response)
succeeded in eliciting the decisions of the NSIG:
a. State and DOD representatives will prepare
an action paper for approval by the Undersecretaries
of State and Defense (apparently to be approached
individually within the departments on 2 May).
b. Congressional liaision officers of State
and DOD will prepare a talking paper for use in informing
appropriate congressmen of the intended action.
c. A cable will be drafted authorizing Ambas-
sador Newsom to tell the Libyans that the US approves the
sale of eight F5's and will consider further sales and
will consider favorably the sale of eight C-130's by
Lockheed.
3. Hal Saunders of the NSC Staff indicated during
the meeting that he did not think NSC action was required.
4. A principal concern of the chairman was the
problem of selling the program on Capitol Hill. The
C-130's somehow began to bulk large as a potential trouble
spot--since conceivably they could be used to provide
logistical support in an Arab-Israeli conflict and since
they will be flown by American crews. Ambassador
OSD and DOS review(s) completed.
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Newsom suggested a formula calling for a sale to the
Libyan air line, or at least for a sale of three with
an option on a later five. The "low profile" formula
finally adopted never quite emerged in the meeting and
is partly subject to the present status of Lockheed-
Libyan negotiations.
5. I was a passive participant throughout the
meeting.
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