KY 22 AND WA 281, SOURCELINE FOR MUTAWAKKILITE RADIO: OUR RECOMMENDATION MAY HAVE BEEN JUMPING TO A CONCLUSION

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CIA-RDP81-00770R000100090023-6
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RIFPUB
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U
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1
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December 23, 2016
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November 12, 2013
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23
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Publication Date: 
August 14, 1967
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CABLE
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Declassified and Approved For Release @50-Yr 2013/11/14: CIA-RDP81-00770R000100090023-6 VV LwB225 PR RUDLDUD DE RUOVLS 030 2261355 ZMR UUUUU R 141350Z AUG 67 BT UNCLAS WA 693 SEELY/KRIEBEL FROM LAMBERT/HELF KY331 RE KY 22 AND WA 281, SOURCELINE FOR MUTAWAKKILITE RADIO: OUR RECOMMENDATION MAY HAVE BEEN JUMPING TO A CONCLUSION. THERE IS INTERNAL EVIDENCE THAT THE RADIO USES NAME "ALJAWF" TO DENOTE 4N AREA INSIDE YEMEN. MOREOVER, ALTHOUGH THE ONLY POPULATED PLACES WITH THAT NAME LISTED IN GAZETTEER ARE OUTSIDE YEMEN, BUREAU MAPS SHOW A "WADI JAUF" AND AN AREA NAMED "JAWF IBN MASR" IN YEMEN. RADIO IDENTIFIES ITSELF THUS: "THIS IS AL-JAwF THE YEMENI MUTAWAKKILITE KINGDOM RADIO," WITHOUT FURTHER SPECIFYING PLACE. BELIEVE IT SAFER TO STICK TO FORMER SOURCELNE, "MUTAWAKKILITE ROYALIST RADIO IN ARABIC TO YEMEN," UNTIL WE ARE ON FIRMER GROUND. 14/13591 AUG Lw Alt '67 56UPC(,- BT NNNN Declassified and Approved For Release @50-Yr 2013/11/14: CIA-RDP81-00770R000100090023-6