MIDDLE EAST AFRICA BRIEF 187-75.4

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86T00608R000300010089-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 17
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 89
• Publication Date: December 5, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

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1- SPANISH SAHARA: MOROCCO IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO CONSOLIDATE ITS
FOOTHOLD IN SPANISH SAHARA-M -
NUMEROUS MOROCCAN OFFICIALS HAVE TRAVELED TO..THE TERRITORIAL
CAPITAL OF EL AAIUN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION- POSTAL
SERVICES, AIRLINE CONNECTIONS, AND TELEPHONE LINKS HAVE BEEN SET
UP- ON MONDAY, MOROCCO'S DEPUTY GOVERNOR, AHMED BENSOUDA, VISITED
THE NORTH-CENTRAL TOWN OF SEMARA, WHICH MORROCAN TROOPS OCCUPIED
ON NOVEMBER 2?-''
MOROCCO'S CLAIM THAT SAHARAN VIEWS ARE BEING TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT WAS BUTTRESSED ON NOVEMBER 29 WHEN THE SAHARAN TERRITORIAL
GENERAL ASSEMBLY FORMALLY APPROVED THE RECENT '
SPANISH-MOROCCAN-MAURITANIAN AGREEMENT AND DECLARED ALLEGIANCE
TO KING HASSAN. A SPANISH CORRESPONDENT REPORTS, HOWEVER, THAT
FEUER THAN ONE THIRD OF THE ASSEMBLY'S MEMBERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE
? AT THE SPECIAL MEETING. A DELEGATION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
ASSEMBLY AND TRIBAL CHIEFS, CLAIMING TO REPRESENT ALL SAHARANS,
FLEW TO RABAT ON TUESDAY TO GIVE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO KING HASSAN-5'
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ALGERIA'S PUBLIC REACTION TO MOROCCO'S GROWING PRESENCE IN
SAHARA HAS BECOME MORE ACRIMONIOUS. THE ALGERIAN MEDIA HAVE
ACCUSED SPANISH OFFICIALS OF FACILITATING RABAT'S TAKE-OVER OF
SEMARA AND SOME OUTPOSTS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TERRITORY.Y
THE ALGERIAN PRESS AND RADIO ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE ACTIVITIES
OF THE POLISARIO FRONT, A SAHARAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT BACKED
BY ALGIERS. THE FRONT IS ALLEGING MOROCCAN ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS
IN SAHARA AND SAYS IT IS FIGHTING FIERCE BATTLES AGAINST INVADING
MOROCCAN FORCES. CLASHES BETWEEN MOROCCAN TROOPS AND POLISARIO
GUERRILLAS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN THE NORTHEAST
BUT MOST HAVE PROBABLY BEEN SMALL-SCALE SKIRMISHES CONTESTING
CONTROL OF AREAS ABANDONED LAST MONTH BY SPANISH FORCES.M
ALGIERS IS STILL MANEUVERING AT THE UN FOR A FORMAL DISAVONIAL
OF THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT AND IS UNLIKELY TO UNDERTAKE DIRECT
u ACTION THAT WOULD PREJUDICE ITS CASE WITH THE SAME NONALIGNED NATIvdS
IT NEEDS TO SUPPORT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A
2 REFERENDUM ON SELF-DETERMINATION.Y
THE SPANISH SEEM COMMITTED TO THE RECENT AGREEMENT AND ARE
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...ACCELERATING THEIR WITHDRAWAL FROM THE TERRITORY TO AVOID INVOLVEMENT
IN ANY HOSTILITIES BETWEEN MOROCCO AND THE POLISARIO FRONT OR ALGERIA.
SPANISH PRESS REPORTS FROM EL AAIUN CLAIM THE WITHDRAWAL MAY BE
COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH OR IN EARLY JANUARY--WELL IN
ADVANCE OF THE SCHEDULED FEBRUARY DEADLINE. {CONFIDENTIAL}Y
2. BANGLADESH: COMMUNAL TENSIONS IN BANGLADESH AND STRAINED
RE;ATIONS WITH INDIA MAY BE FURTHER WORSENED BY A RADIACAL BENGALEE
LEADER'S CALL THIS WEEK FOR A PRO-MUSLIM, ANTI-INDIAN RALLY ON
DECEMBER 7- GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN DACCA, FEARFUL OF POSSIBLE INDIAN
INTERVENTION IN BANGLADESH,, PRESUMABLY WILL TAKE STEPS TO BLOCK THE
RALLY, OR AT LEAST WILL TRY TO KEEP IT FROM GETTING OUT OF HAND AND
ENDANGERING THE HINDU MINORITY-Y
THE RALLY, CALLED BY OPPOSITION LEADER MAULANA BHASHANI, HAS BEEN
HERALDED BY INFLAMMATORY LEAFLETS THAT CONDEMN INDIA AND URGE ISLAMIC
4 UNITY- THE LEAFLETS' RELIGIOUS OVERTONES WILL PR09AB LY INCREASE
APPREHENSION AMONG BANGLADESH'S HINDUS. WHO HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY
UNEASY SINCE THE WOUNDING LAST WEEK OF THE INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER
IN DACCA BY MEMBERS OF A BENGALEE 9 OPPOSITION GROUP.Y
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DAC:.A PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE EFFORTS TO'EASE HINDU CONCERNS. IT
RECENTL`: INCREASED POLICE PROTECTION FOR THE HINDUS AND TIGHTENED
SECURIT'.' IN DACCA IN REACTION TO RUMORS THAT THE GROUP THAT WOUND2ED
THE IN':'>;CAN HIGH COMMISSIONER PLANS ANOTHER INCIDENT.Y
',NTI-INDIAN STATEMENTS IN THE LEAFLETS ANNOUNCING THE RALLY HAVE
STRUCK A RESPONSIVE CHORD AMONG BENGALEES. THE LEAFLESTS ARE SURE TO
UPSET OFFICIALS IN NEW DELHBI- INDIA HAS ALREADY EROTESTED III THE
DESCRATION LAST WEEK OF A HINDU TEMPLE IN DACCA, AND OFFICIALS IN NEW
DELHI CHlc,'GE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS AT OTHER TEMPLES IN
BANGLADESH.Y
DACCA CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ITS ATTEMPTS TO REASSURE INDIA.
ThE VISIT OF A HIGH-LEVEL BENGALEE DELERGATION TO NEW DELHI STILL
APPEARS TEMPORARILY STALLED, BUT INDIAN AND BENGALEE BORDER
COMMANDERS ARE MEETING THIS WEEK IN CALCUTTA. BENGALEE LEADERS AND
NEWSPAPERS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN AVOIDING STATEMENTS THAT COULD
ANTAGONIZE INDIA-MY
INDIA HAS REPEATEDLY WARNED THAT A MASS EXODUS OF HINDUS INTO
INDIA WOULD LEAD TO MILITARY INTERVENTION. SQ FAR, THERE IS NO SIGN
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