FRENCH TO MAINTAIN INCREASED NAVAL PRESENCE IN INDIAN OCEAN

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CREST [1]

Collection:

General CIA Records [2]

Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):

CIA-RDP78S01932A000100160033-5

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RIPPUB

Original Classification:

C

Document Page Count:

1

Document Creation Date:

December 14, 2016

Document Release Date:

April 17, 2003

Sequence Number:

33

Case Number:

Publication Date:

September 16, 1974

Content Type:

CABLE

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AGE Apprgved AP Lk67? '4 9'43/05/1A : CIA-RDP78SO-193 S CM 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 MESSAGE IIANOLING INDICATOR DATE-TIME GROUP Cl /ietf~ / - )/ f 01/6 Nb 146M "am ber TO : IMMEDIATE WHITE HOUSE//SITUATION ROOM FOR MR FAZIO..Y ,.;:;614 Q - 1. DATE : 16 SEPTEMBER 11174 L SUBJECT: FRENCH TO MAINTAIN INCREASED NAVAL PRESENCE IN INDIAN OCEAN E IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. 25X1 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. +..?f 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 {SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION DATE: SEPT 1. ORIG: 0NiT: CTR 25X1 25X1 25X1 j5X1 &11_1 I 25X1 25X1 25X1A9A A proved For Release 2003/05/14: CIA-RDP78S01932A000100160033-5