ETHIOPIA/SOMALIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B01027R000300170004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 16, 1980
• Content Type: MEMO

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UNCLASSIFD
THE DIRECTOR OF
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
NFAC #5038/80
National Intelligence Officers 16 July 1980
NOTE FOR: NIO/AF
SUBJECT : Ethiopia/Somalia
sentative at your warnin meeting next week.
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They will have a repre-
I asked the Strategic Warning Staff to r -
are an alternative view.
intentions, Soviet influence notwithstanding,
that we should not leave our customers down-
town feeling overly sanguine. Consequently,
element of doubt with regard to Ethiopian
However, I believe there exists enough of an
tack against Somalia in the near future.
Ethiopia is unlikely to mount an all-out at-
As we discussed yesterday, I generally
agree with the Community consensus that
Acting NIO/W
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