AL-QADHDHAFI RECEIVES DELEGATION OF DARSA TRIBESMEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05-01559R000400370039-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2012
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: February 17, 1976
• Content Type: CABLE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/03: CIA-RDP05-01559R000400370039-3
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AL-QADHDHAFI RECEIVES DELEGATION OF DARSA TRIBESMEN
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TRIPOLI ARNA IN ENGLISH 1510 GMT 17 FEB 76 LD
((TEXT)) TRIPOLI., LIBYA, 17 FEBRUARY, ARNA-- COLONEL
MU'AMMAR AL- QADHDHAFI SAID YESTERDAY THE LIBYAN REVOLUTION HAD
RID THE COUNTRY OF THE 209000 STRONG PLAINCLOTHED FASCIST ARMY
(OF THE EXPELLED ITALIAN COMMUNITY DURING THE DEFUNCT MONARCHICAL
REGIME) BESIDES THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN BASES.
THE LEADER OF THE REVOLUTION TOLD A DELEGATION OF TRIBESMEN
OF DARSA TRIBE, EASTERN LIBYA, THAT THE REVOLUTION, AFTER
ELIMINATING FOREIGN PRESENCE, HAD STARTED BUILDING INDUSTRIAL
AND AGRICULTURAL BASES TO ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND REMOVE
BACKWAKDNESS.
OUR STRUGGLE FOR THE REVOLUTION, COLONEL AL- QADHDHAFI SAID,
WAS AIMED AT SECURING THE FUTURE OF OUR SONS AND COMPLIMENTING
THE STRUGGLE WAGED BY OUR FATHERS.
THIS REVOLUTION IS THE HOPE OF THE ARAB NATION, THE MOSLEMS,
AND FREE AND HONEST MEN EVERYWHERE WHO HAVE PINNED HIGH HOPES ON
US. WE MUST NOT FRUSTRATE THEIR HOPES, HE DECLARED.
EARLIER THE SHAYKHS ON DARSA TRIBE EXPRESSED COMPLETE SOLIDARITY
WITH COLONEL AL- QADHDHAFI AND THE REVOLUTION AND HAILED ITS
ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF ITS STRUGGLE.
THEY PROMISED TO BE THE SOLDIERS OF THE ((WORD INDISTINCT))
AND SOLDIERS OF COLONEL AL- QADHDHAFI WHO HAD PROVIDED THE LIBYANS
WITH DIGNITY AND PRIDE AND BROUGHT AN END TO THE NIGHTMARE.
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Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/03: CIA-RDP05-01559R000400370039-3