COMMENTS OF LUIS CABRAL ON PAIGC
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FOIA [1]
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FOIA Collection [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
06814862
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RIPPUB
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Document Creation Date:
July 13, 2023
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November 7, 2022
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Case Number:
F-2018-01460
Publication Date:
April 28, 1970
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DOI: 23 APRIL 1970
SUBJECT: COMMENTS OF LUIS CABRAL ON PAIGC
Dist 28 APRIL 1970
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1. DURING A PRIVATE CONVERSATION ON 23 APRIL 1970LUIS
CA BR A L, A LEADER OF THE PARTI AFRICAIN DE L'INDEPENDANCE
LA GUINEE DITE PORT UGAISE ET DES ILES DU CAP VERT (PAIGC), STATED
T EAT ON 16 APRIL IN KOLDA THE SENEGALESE .GOVERNMENT CONFISCATED A
P.; iGc TRUCK CARF,YINC3 FOOD SUPPLIES. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE PAIGC
LONG ACQUIESCED IN PERIODIC SEIZURES OF ITS MUNITIONS CONVOYS, BUT
IF THE SENEGALESE GOVERNMENT FORCES THE NATIONALIST ORGANIZATION TO
CUT ITS FOOD 3UPPLY LINES, THE SITUATION WILL BECOME MUCH MORE
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CR IT ICAL0 CABRAL FURTHER STATEC THAT THE PAIGC IS PRESENTLY
NEGOTIATING WITH THE SENEGALESE FOR THE RETURN OF THE CONFISCATED
SHIPMENT BUT DOES NOT WISH TO r AXE ANY PUBLIC STATEMENT
CONCERNING THE INCIDENT.
2. CABRAL ALSO PROVIDED A CHRONOLOGY OF RECENT INCIDENTS
ILLUSTRATING THE GRADUAL DETERIORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE PAIGC AND SENEGAL. AMONG THEM WERE THE 18 DECEMBER
19 69 SEARCH OF HIS RESIDENCE I:9 ZIGUINCHOR; THE 15 FEBRUARY �
1970 ARREST OF THREE PAIGC TEACHERS WHO WERE OPERATING A SCHOOL.
FOR PORTUGUESE GUINEAN REFUGEES IN THE CASAMANCE; THE 9 MARCH
ARRESTS OF SEVERAL PAIGC GUERILLAS FROM THE KAMPADA, GUINEA BASE;
AND THE 25 MARCH FINE OF CFA 52,0e0.LEVIED AGAINST THE THREE
TEACHERS. IN ADDITION CABRAL C3TED THE 13 MARCH PRESIDENTIAL ORDER
TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE CASAMANCE TO CLOSE THE PAIGC INFIRMARY IN
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ZIGUINCHOR, AN OPERATION WHICH COST THE ORGANIZATION THREE
MILLION CFA BECAUSE ALL OF THE WOUNDED HAD TO BE EVACUATED .T.0
GUINEA BY TRUCH.
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