FRENCH TO MAINTAIN INCREASED NAVAL PRESENCE IN INDIAN OCEAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100160033-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: September 16, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: FRENCH TO MAINTAIN INCREASED NAVAL PRESENCE IN INDIAN
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THE FRENCH NAVY IS REPORTEDLY SENDING ANOTHER SQUADRON OF
SHIPS TO THE INDIAN OCEAN NEXT MONTH.: THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER
CLEMENCEAU--CARRYING A MIXED COMPLEMENT OF PLANES AND HELICOPTERS--
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A FRIGATE, A DESTROYER, AND TWO OIL TANKERS.
A DETACHMENT OF MARINES REPORTEDLY WILL ALSO ACCOMPNA THE FORCE.
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THE MOVE REFLECTS A GROWING FRENCH CONCERN THAT THE INDIAN
OCEAN, THROUGFI WHICH OIL TANKERS SAIL TO EUROPE, NOT
sT(> = iI (OF THE US AND THE USSR.
IN LATE APRIL OF THIS YEAR, PARIS SENT A SQUADRON OF THREE
SHIPS TO THE INDIAN OCEAN FOR A CRUISE OF ABOUT SIX MONTHS. THE
CARRIER FORCE APPARENTLY WILL REPLACE THE SQUADRON NOW ON PATROL,
AND SUGGESTS THAT PARIS INTENDS TO MAINTAIN INDEFINITELY AN
INCREASED NAVAL PRESENC
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