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TUNISIA/LIBYA: STATUS OF RELATIONS

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP85T00353R000100330003-7
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
T
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
December 16, 2016
Document Release Date: 
December 15, 2004
Sequence Number: 
3
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
October 8, 1976
Content Type: 
MEMO
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Approved For Release SUBJECT: Tunisia/Libya: Status of Relations Tunisia and Libya apparently now are working to improve their relations following a period of heightened tensions 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 In recent months, official contacts between the two countries have resumed. In late August, both countries agreed to submit to the International Court of Justice the contentious issue of delimitation of the continental shelf in the Gulf of Gabes (Qabis). Tunisia and Libya have been quarreling since 1968 over their territorial rights on the continental shelf and the significant petroleum deposits believed to be there. A delegation of Libya's trade union visited Tunis from September 9 to 11. Bilateral relations and relations between the labor movements in the two countries were discussed. Approved For Release 2005/01/11: CIA-RDP85Tq 0353R000100330003-7 25X1 .25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/01/11 : CIA-RDP85T00353R000100330003-7 Approved For Release 2005/01/11 : CIA-RDP85T00353R000100330003-7
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