NOON NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-550-4-16-9
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: February 10, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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SHI RPAG1. THE r;OVEPNMENT, HOWFVFR f HAS AQRFSTEr) AT LFAST 60
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WADI KHAN AND ALL nF HIS TOP. ATDf'S. HHUTtn' OECISION TO
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CROOP OF ARAM :3TATFS, HAVi TAKEN STEPS Tr) E:StAriLISH A k3AUXLTk
P'XNIN(- C+I SORTIUm WITH AN TNNTTIAI. CAPITAL nF MmRF THAN k I II?+w
LION. THE r,",r1NSUN TTUM IS In FXPLr)IT rtSE.ItVFS I ! 1,4ORTHN STERN
GUINEA FSTTmATFL AT 15491 MIL:LLTr)N TONS, ACCnt OTMG TO PE,PO TS
PUNSL.YSwr n IN GUINNI"A, THE ARAH STATES INVOLVEn ARF KUWAIT,
FGYP'Tj LXf3YA, AMO THE UAF, r!THER REPORTS TNCL,)IC#F: 8,0111
ARAN3TA ANO POSSj tLY ALr;EPIA 01 7`11E, ,-T; T, T HF PROJF(:T PKnB-
At3LY PRESENTS AFi EFrf)RT t Y THE ARAHS TO LINE UP A StJPPt.Y
fl F'? t3AtjYITk FOR PLANTS TN THE MIQOLF' FAST. ErYr'T HAS ALMOST
CUMPLETEO A PLANT F09 PROoIICTNrr ALUMINA, ANN $AW)I ARAHIA
XS KNOWN TO HAVE. t"LAM5 Fnq AF` ALUMINUM SmtL;TFR, (;I.JINEA PkO1.
OUCE'S C?WFk 04F FIFTH OF THE WfRLOI$ RFSE;t VFHS.
SPAIN !STPEWGTHP ? S PURCES IN M,!,1 0rCAN ENCUAVES j SPAIN S NIT
NAVAL,` A-Nn a ,ARINE Rr~ IkNFr)F2CEKENTS TO ITS E N CL.AVE OF CFUTA ANL)
M1l XLLA OVF* THE NiFEFf~NO, APPARENTLY IN AN ATTFMPT TO MAKE,
CLEAR TTS REJECTION OF MOROCCAN CLAIMS TO THE TERRT?Tr1RIkS.
LATF? LAST MONTH, RABAT r4AEP A FORMAL RF4U)EST TO THE I-N CfM-
MITTFE ON D?COLONIfiATION THAT IT EXAMINE THE STATt)S r1F THE:
.PANt5H PNCLAVES. MOROCCAN F(1RE:TGN MINIStF t LARAKI P:'OLLOWFOO
THIS WITH A CALL, FO THE RF1I)RN OF THE TWO ENCLAVES, AS WELL
AS SPAMISH SAHARA, ? THE MOROrCAN AC 'TON r3H T14E f1 CLAVES Pk0
VOKEO ALARM ANO TNOOIrNATION IN SPAIN. MILITARY CONTACTS OF
THE-001k, OFFENSE ATTACHES TN MADRID StRESSPI) THAI, ALTHOI:J(;H
MAr)R-!o INTEHO TO WITHORA 4 FROM TI4F SAHAN' A, IT WILL NEVER WITH.
DRAW FOuM T'HE' FMCL.AVFS, OUR FM6ASSY IN MAOt TN") f3FLThVES THAI
IF SPAIN LOSES IN THE UN 0M1 THIS ISSIUE, It WILL IGNt)RL ANY
SU8SI UIIENT SOLUTION CALLTNt; FOR WITHDRAWAL FPt)M THE ENCLAVFS,
SPAIN MAY RAISE THE ISSUE IN THE. NEGOTIATIONS WHICH RE aUME
TODAY TM.MA)RI0 OVFR RPNFWAL OF 0.3. BASF "1(MTS IN SPAIN.
SPANISH OFFICIALS ALSO RFArTf.O Nr'tiATIVFLY TO NPWS OF U.S.
ARMS SALPS TO MOROCCO DURING THE SPANISHM0440CCAN DISPUTE
OVER :fHE-: SAHARA. CIA 1 ELIFVI"S THIS E#ITTERNCSSS MAY INTENSIFY
IF gnRr,CCO CONTINUES Tn P"RFSS ITS CLAIM FOR THE ENCLAVES,
PEROF MOVES AGAINST RERE($ PI ESIOENT PFIinw HAS GIVEN THE,
CEO-AHEAD TO THE ARCENTIMF ARMY TO MOVE FORCEFULLY 'AI; AIW57
LE `T.wTNNC, t-UFRRILL,AS, ACCt)POTNr TO PRESS REPORTS, THE
FIRST TAF'GPT OF THE ARMY I" TO 6E IN THE NORTHWEST PROVINCE
OF TI CUMAN, WHERF. T}ir PEOPLE'S kFVOLUTTONARY ARMY IS ALIVE,
POLICE XANEFFECTIVPNESS ANO NUMEROUS ASSASSTN,aATIONS OF ARMY
OFFICERS APpARFNTLY HAVE CONVINCED THE AP MY THAT IT MUST
00 30, THE TNTEELTGFNCE COMMUNITY t3ELIEVES THE ARMY MAY
HAVE DIFFICULTY 4CHXFVTNr, A OtjICt< SUCCFSSt TFNE GUERRILLAS
HAVE ELUOEO ITS TRnOPS IN THE PAST,
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/11/08: LOC-HAK-550-4-16-9