CONVERSATION WITH FRENCH DEFENSE AIDE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001403560020-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: October 21, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENV FFFI"E OF
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY AFFAIRS
October 21, 1981
1-14385/81
SUBJECT: Conversation with French Defense Aide
On 20 October, I met with Mr. Heisborg, aide to Defense
Minister Hernu. He had two interesting things to say:
l.' Habre should be cut off from all external aid because he
was "complicating" the French plan to have Goukouni force the
Libyans to leave Chad. He was vague in terms of the leverage
which would enable Goukouni to do this. He was definite in
opposition to Habre.
2. He said Mitterand had decided on a policy of "even-
handedness" between Algeria and Morocco. He therefore would not
comment on the Polisario issue or the recent Polisario attack,
except to say his intelligence reports were that SA-7s, not SA-6s,
shot down the Moroccan planes. Our intelligence is firm in
identifying the SA-6. He said France would not respond to any
Moroccan request for arms because Morocco was two years in arrears
in payments for equipment.
cc: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Director., DIA
Not referred to OSD. On-file release instructions apply.
Francis J. West, Jr.
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