ALGIERS TV INTERVIEWS AL-QADHDHAFI

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05-01559R000400430039-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2012
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: September 6, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

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COUNTRY: LIBYA
SUBJ: TAKE 1 OF 8 -- ALGIERS TV INTERVIEWS AL-QADHDHAFI
SOURCE: TRIPOLI TELEVISION SERVICE IN ARABIC 2010 -GMT 6 SEP
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//((INTERVIEW WITH COLONEL MU'AMMAR AL-QADHDHAFI BY
ALGERIAN TELEVISION IN TRIPOLI ON 31 AUGUST; QUESTIONS ARE
ASKED BY UNIDENTIFIED ALGERIAN TELEVISION CORRESPONDENTS --
RECORDED))
((EXCERPTS)) ((PASSAGE OMITTED: INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESS
CONFERENCE THANKING AL-QADHDHAFI FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
QUESTION HIM; QUESTION ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE 1
SEPTEMBER REVOLUTION'S OBJECTIVES HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED;
AL-QADHDHAFI'S ANSWER SAYING THAT LIBYA HAS BECOME THE FIRST
JAMAHIRIYAH ON EARTH WHICH HAS, MOREOVER, GIVEN AUTHORITY TO
THE PEOPLE AND WHICH HAS SUBSTITUTED PARTNERSHIPS IN PLACE
OF THE SYSTEM OF WAGE-EARNERS; QUESTION ON WHETHER THE
RECENT GREEN DOCUMENT AMOUNTS TO A CONSTITUTION; AL-
QADHDHAFI'S ANSWER SAYING THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS MERELY
AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GREEN BOOK, WHICH PROVIDES ANSWERS
TO ALL INJUSTICES))
((QUESTION)) IT IS KNOWN THAT THE WESTERN STATES TRIED,
THROUGH THE DIRECT U.S. AGGRESSION ON THE SOVERIEGNTY OF THE
JAMAHIRIYAH, TO IMPOSE AN ECONOMIC BLOCKADE AGAINST IT. HOW
DID THE REVOLUTION COPE WITH THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THAT
BLOCKADE?
((AL-QADHDHAFI)) AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED -- LIBYA,
ALGERIA, ALL THESE STATES -- WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF AN
ECONOMIC BLOCKADE. THE ISSUE, IF YOU WOULD EXCUSE ME, OF
SPEAKING ABOUT AN ECONOMIC BLOCKADE IS SILLY. WE ARE STATES
THAT COULD NOT LOSE. -HOW COULD A BLOCKADE AFFECT US -- WILL
ALL THESE ELECTRONIC VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE CEASE TO WORK, OR
WILL THE EXPORT TO THEIR MARKETS...((AL-QADHDHAFI CHANGES
THOUGHT)) WE ARE CONSUMERS. THIS BLOCKADE BENEFITTED US A
LOT. THEY ASK FOR CONSUMER THINGS, USELESS THINGS LIKE
THOSE IN FRONT OF US, AND THE PEOPLE ASK WHERE ARE THEY?
THEY HAVE PROHIBITED THEM, THOSE STATES WHICH MANUFACTURE
THEM. GOOD, ((WORDS INDISTINCT)). WE LAUGHED AT THEM WHEN
THEY SPOKE OF A BLOCKADE. ((WORDS INDISTINCT))
THE OIL IS BEING SOLD, AND THIS IS THE ONLY THING WHICH
WE AND YOU EXPORT. THIS OIL IS BEING SOLD, AND THE
REMAINDER IS WHAT WE IMPORT. IF THEY WITHHOLD THE CONSUMER
MATERIAL THAT WE IMPORT FROM THEM, THAT WOULD BE IN OUR
INTERESTS. INDEED, IT BENEFITTED US VERY MUCH. DURING
THOSE YEARS, WE TURNED TOWARD PRODUCTION AND
SELF-SUFFICIENCY. WE DID NOT LOSE ANYTHING. WHAT? DO WE
HAVE CAR FACTORIES AND EXPORT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CARS
TO THEIR MARKETS AND, AS A RESULT OF THEIR BLOCKADE, HAVE WE
ACCUMULATED CARS? DO WE MAKE PLANES AND SHIPS, WHICH WE
EXPORT TO THEM, AND WHICH THEY BLOCKADED US BY NOT
PURCHASING FROM US? NO, WE DO NOT EXPORT, WE CONSUME. IF
THEY BLOCKADE JAPAN, PERHAPS IT WOULD BE HARMED. IF THEY
BLOCKADE WEST GERMANY, PERHAPS IT WOULD BE HARMED. BUT WHEN
THEY BLOCKADE COUNTRIES LIKE LIBYA AND ALGERIA, WE DO NOT
EVEN FEEL...((AL-QADHDHAFI CHANGES THOUGHT)) THIS IS A
FAILED AND STUPID POLICY WITH WHICH THEY COOL THEMSELVES
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((WORDS INDISTINCT)).
((QUESTION)) POLITICAL OBSERVERS AGREE THAT THE CHANCES
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HTE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MAGHREB'S UNITY
PROJECT ARE NOW BETTER THAN EVER, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE AIR
WAS CLEARED BETWEEN THE JAMAHIRIYAH, TUNISIA, ALGERIA, AND
MOROCCO; THE NORMALIZATION OF THEIR BILATERAL RELATIONS; AND
FOLLOWING THE CURRENT EFFORTS BEING MADE UNDER THE AUSPICES
OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL TO IMPLEMENT THE OAU AND UN
RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE CONFLICT OF THE WESTERN SAHARA.
THESE FACTORS REPRESENT POSITIVE BASES FOR THE CREATION OF A
NEW DYNAMIC IN THE MAGHREB. BROTHER COLONEL, WHAT IS YOUR
ASSESSMENT OF THESE FACTORS AND THIS DYNAMIC? AND WHAT ARE
YOUR VIEWS ON THE SETTLEMENT OF THE PROBLEM OF THE WESTERN
SAHARA WITHIN THE EFFORTS BEING MADE TO FIND A LASTING AND
JUST SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM?
((AL-QADHDHAFI)) WE ARE GLAD TO SEE THAT SERIOUS MOVES
ARE BEING MADE THESE DAYS TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
OF THE SAHARA. I WAS HOPING TO SEE AN ARAB, AND EVEN A
MAGHREBIAN SOLUTION TO BE REACHED AMONG OURSELVES. THE FACT
THAT THIS IS TAKING PLACE VIA THE UN HAS HARMED US IN FACT.
WHY IS IT THAT IT IS THE UN WHICH SOLVES A PROBLEM
CONCERNING ARABS. HOWEVER, MAY GOD FORGIVE OUR BROTHERS IN
THE REGION WHO DID NOT GIVE THEIR BROTHERS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN THE FAMILY AND REACH AN ARAB, PAN-
ARAB, AND MAGHREBIAN SOLUTION. IN ANY CASE, WE ARE GLAD
THAT THINGS ARE.MOVING THIS WAY, AREN'T WE?
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