ALLEN-SCOTT REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400130041-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: January 21, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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WASHINGTON - U.S. 'policyr According to Owdeh, Deputy ! cut it off, according two wdah~ In a prvate meeting with
toward Africa couldn't be bet-'Premier Aleksander Shelepin,'? because of his threats to shut Rayburn, McCormack threaten-
ofL the Suet Canal to U.S, ships..
ter tailor-made to help. Russia former Soviet? State Security ' ed to seek a House vote on
(KGB) chief, met with Nasser whether the members wanted
capture . control of that strife-
torn continent and the vast Mi.d-I to Cairo last month for the spe- Khrushohev to address them.
cific purpose of mapping stoat- SOVIET INVITATION This astand caused.;
the East oil reserves if it were egy on tilting the OAU into their president Joluison's' unexpect- Rayburn adamant
call the State s De-
drafted in Moscow.. plans for Africa. ed invitation to the Soviet rut-
' Partment and ask that no offi-
That's the grim warning given' Although OAU's headquarters ers to "visit the U.S.. could eas- .cial request be sent to Congress
U.S. and Iranian intelligence are located in Addis Ababa, re- ily put Speaker John McCor- for an
experts by Addul Chadir Ow- ported Owdeh, all operational mock, D-Mass., on the spot. obey. When Rayburn was told
,deb, United Arab Republic sec-+plans originate in Moscow and It may even touch off a party- this would be embarrassing to
ret police chief who defected to are channeled through Cairo to Splitting dispute among Demo-. both governments, be arraned
bran. OAU Secretary General Djallo. oats in Congress. to have the House and Senate
Telli of GWnea.
The 27-year-old Owdeh, who'', If the Russians come While adjourn. the day before Khrush-
fled Cairo on learning that Sov-! Owder stated that ShelepinCongress is in session, as the chev's?arrival in Washington.
iet KGB agents were to be giv-!promised Nasser all the arms State Department believes they When questioned recently on
en key positions in his organi- needed for his war in Yemen will, McCormack will face a de- whether he would oppose an
".nation, revealed that President and to aid the rebels' in' the vision oh ' whether to permit address by Premier Kosygin
`Gamal Nasser and Algeria's,, Congo, but stressed that. the Premier Kosygin to address a I*told before , Congress, McCormack
:President Ben Bellaare using UAR continue to seek 'as.,much , joint session. a high State Department
U.S. economic aid to finance economic help, especially food, As House majority leader in official "I'll cross that bridge the
U.S. as it
block- when I come to it."
195 Kongo andeYd emen uprisings in the bfrom eu a of shortages innthe Sov ful9ba McC kstourgeaf ghtd thaa t success-
let bloc. ed a State Department move to.i 5k 7k *
He reported that both Nasser, "
have then-Premier Khrushchev
and Ben Bella are working with HELP FROM CUBA APPOINTMENT
the present Russian rulers to make such an address when he
establish a ring of socialistic Owdeh, who wants to come to I visited the U.S. President Johnson is consid-
States throughout Africa,. and the U.S., gave the CIA experts At the time, President Eisen- ering a aireer, officer as the
,`that the Kremlin has promised (flown to Tehran for the inter- ;bower was in the White House ',next assistant secrqtary of state
the necessary arms to smash view details. and documents on 'and President Johnson was Sen- for African affairs .- Joseph
srael and talte' over the rich how Cuba is being used by Rus- 'ate majority leader. The latter. Palmer, II, native of Michigan,
oil fields of Kuwait, Libya, Iran sia to- train Africans In guer- supported the State Department who holds rank of minister. In
proposal and used his persuas. 1956, Palmer served as deputy
and Aden within the next three I villa warfare. ive to win the'backin +
.to five years. ? He estimated, there are now powers, g assistant secretary state for
of the late Speaker Sam Ray- ,,; African affairs. The e word at
TROJAN HORSE 1 ,3,000 African students in Cuba. burn, the White House is that Palmer,
They are being trained and re-d
The former UAR secret police turned to Africa via Algeria al'; CHANGED MIND a Harvard graduate, will re-
'chief described the Organiza-!,the rate of about 200 a month. . 'place Assistant Secretary G.
.
tion of African Unity, being . Owdeh confirmed reports that However; Rayburn chanted Mennen Williams in February
supported by the Johnson ad- many of the rebels who led a his mind and withdrew his ap That month the 'President
proval when McCormack, in a will also- shift Secretary Rusk
ministration and the United a- !Successful revolution last year dramatic, showdown meeting, to the United Nations to replace
tions, as a Russian Trojan in Zanzibar, now part of Tan- announced he would resign as ? Ambassador Adlal Stevenson as
0 horse. Dania, were trained in Cuba. majority leader If Khrushchev `U.S. representative. Rusk will
He said the OAU, which is He revealed this information was permitted to address Con- attempt to initiate negotiations
pressuring Premier Moise Tsh- ! came from Tanzania. Commun- .grams-. in the UN for a ,regional settle-
ombe to take Congolese rebels fists who passed through Cairo meet in Southeast ?Asia with
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and controlled by the Kremlin, indoctrination.
ALLEN- SCOTT
REPORT.:
Inside Washington..'
By ROBERT S. ALLEN and PAUL SCOTT
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