MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA-SOUTH ASIA

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005630474
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2011
• Case Number: F-2007-01516
• Publication Date: August 18, 1976

Secret.
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APPROVED FOR RELEASE^ DATE:
04-13-2011
Middle East-Africa -South Asia
CI SNME 76-122
OCI No. 0812/76
August 18, 1976
 Command Council Chairman Ibrahim Hamdi may
find it necessary to shake up his government in the
near future because of growing discord among the
various factions represented in his diverse coalition.
position does not appear to be in jeopardy, but
that some adjustments appear essential to prevent
the government from falling apart.
Urban-tribal rivalry, Muslim sectarian dif-
ferences, and--most important--leftist-rightist
antagonisms within ruling circles have sharpened to
the point that bickering in the two-year-old Hamdi
regime has reached a new high level.
Colonel Hamdi's own
other weapons has, for example, pitted
to accept Moscow's offer of aircraft, tanks, and
The Sana government's indecision about whether
has been critical of the government's
decision to buy Saudi-financed US and Western arms;
he has complained about the delay in deliveries of
Western military equipment.
Aug '18 1976