HABRE MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT REAGAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00363R001102550012-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2008
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: August 2, 1983
• Content Type: CABLE

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2. vyE_ "HAVE RECEIVED MES.SAOETTRANSL ATED-BEL.OP~...RADIOED..
L.0AN FROM FAYA BY ?RESIDENT.:HABRE TO
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GGJU'1E, MR. - PREESIDENT, IN THE NAME OF THE CHADIAN
PL iPLE, ITS GOVERNMENT,AND MYSELF SF" fl ~'HAN f
1Jlae i~:r SINCERELYJDUI EXCEEN IF
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.1j' t t__PEOPLE' OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERIC -DR;'. HE
ESO0, SPCCIALI-Y MILITARY_fAIDf iiHICt HAS BEEN FURNISHED
10!"~U6_F)R--"E --DEFENSE -OF--OUR ""COUNTRY AGAINST THE TROOPS
OP THE-LIBYAN INVASION.
3. r OINEVER, I HAVE-THE HONOR :TO INFORM YOU THAT THE
tsu c If4GS~Op :.THE CITY O_ F FAYA LARG.EAU1 BY -LIBYA F AIR;
CLHAf Y H,43 E-C ?ME MORE AND MORE I+7TEN$E AN EADLY,;
P_JJTHaLY THE NIGHT OF MjGUST`~, 1983 AND THE CIVILIAN
PuPOLATION IS THE PRINCIPAL VICTIM. IT IS A VERITABLE
~;.:+yGCIDE THAT LIBYA HAS UNDERTAKEN, COMPLETELY RAZING
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" 4hii CITY AND WITH OPEN SCORN FOR INTERNATIONAL OPINION;
4.I THEREFURE ASK WITH URGENCY THE DIRECT INTERVENTION
uF THE UNITED STATES ON THE ONE HAND, AND ON THE OTHER
IAIvu. THAT IT PRESS THE FRIENDLY COUNTRIES, NOTABLY
Fh a+`+ CE-, So THAT THEY WILL REACT URGENTLY AND
APt'kOPHIATELY BY AN OFFEN~SIV.E_AERIAL_._COVERAGE
AT LE ASLEOR._DI$SUASION, NE-.OR_.TW0'.A-EEKS
~ JRT+Jf AlELY.,ARE-NECESSARY f0R US TO PUT IN
?LACE-OUR .044 ANTI-AIRCRAFT -CAPABILITIES;-THE
L1B7As5.KNO ING OF THE ABSENCE OF OUR SIDE OF
EFf LCT_IVE ANT-I-A-I,RC.FAF-TDEFENSE _.AREAOERATING-AT_.,_ __ _--
C 1 ALTITUDES WITH:_PRECISIDN F1RING-.AND.CHOOSING THEIR
T-Ak.ETS_ 1AT_jILL:, IN THIS WAY THEY HAVE CAUSED MANY
C~_GNUUND TROOPSUAREDMOVING ONEFAYADLARGEAUDONITHEIANS,.
OLv FAYA GOURD AXIS,
FL1t:riiAL- CLOSE. SINGED HIScEN HABRE, Er OF.'CUOTE.
5. 1r t1ANDING ME THE MESSAGE 4IISKINE SAID THAT -THE .
IIRUUP MOVEMENT TO4ARD'f AYA.HAD BEEN SEEN BY THE
FA-~Y, THE- TROOPS ARE USING SMOKE TO PREVENT THEIR~.~
t I .G BOMBED .$.Y_ LIBYAW-AIRCRAFT. --- ---
6-VIRTUALLY EVERY KEY MEMBER-CIF THE GOVERNMENT HERE
Is YOTIERING '4ITH FATIGUE. IT 13 OF COURSE FAR WORSE
Irv FAYA. IRRESPECTIVE OF THE VALIDITY OF THE POSSIBLY SELF-
CH-DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SITUATION IN FAYA,
EA-HAL THESYCHOLOG;CAL DAMAGE DF ?THE'yBOMEAL..:Mfl A .~_.. -~
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